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EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ONEPIONLINE.ORG
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for young WHO REALLY EMPLOYS MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS? The only thing standing between minimum wage employees and a generous salary with paid time off is the greed of the large corporations they work for. That’s the argument voters in SeaTac, Wash., will consider Nov. 5 when they vote on a referendum to create a $15 minimum wage—more than twice the federal minimum of EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ONEPIONLINE.ORG
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for young WHO REALLY EMPLOYS MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS? The only thing standing between minimum wage employees and a generous salary with paid time off is the greed of the large corporations they work for. That’s the argument voters in SeaTac, Wash., will consider Nov. 5 when they vote on a referendum to create a $15 minimum wage—more than twice the federal minimum of EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. MINIMUM WAGE LAWS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYMENT The desirability of raising the minimum wage has long revolved around just one question: the effect of higher minimum wages on the overall level of employment. This report adds an important new dimension to that debate by showing that an even more critical effect of the minimum wage rests on the composition of employment -- who gets theminimum wage job.
SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE KILLS JOBS Illinois' Ray Kroc made the hamburger-flipping teen a mainstay on the American scene when he introduced McDonald's. If the Illinois Legislature continues increasing the minimum wage, they might soon do the same for hamburger-flipping robots. When labor costs go up, business owners can do one of three things: Raise prices, cut costs or shrink their profit margins. Given the consumer's EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase NEW STUDY: MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES DO NOT BOOST THE ECONOMY WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study by economist Dr. Joseph J. Sabia of the United States Military Academy at West Point which finds that—contrary to some advocates’ claims—minimum wage increases do little to stimulate the overall economy. The research also shows that wage hikes can havea negative effect
LETTERS ARCHIVE
The editorial “Reckless Rx” (Our Views, Dec. 1) cites a figure of 46 million uninsured Americans. This oft-quoted statistic is a gross overestimation, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance is much lower. MINIMUM WAGES AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE 4 Employment Policies Institute Minimum Wages and the Business Cycle Introduction A recent review of the minimum wage literature by Neu - mark and Wascher (2007, 2008) concluded that most credible recent studies of the low-skilled employment THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT A $15 MINIMUM WAGE The Service Employees International Union spent 2015 expanding its campaign for a $15 minimum wage to other industries. In recent nationwide protests, the union focused again on its original target: Fast food companies, and McDonald’s in particular. I worked for the company for three decades, and served as its USA President for 13years. I
WHY THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE WILL COST CALIFORNIA 400,000 JOBS In the new year, less-skilled workers across California will face an old, familiar threat to their employment: A soaring minimum wage. In 2016, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that put the state minimum wage on track to reach $15 per hour by 2022. The next increase—from $10.50 to $11.00—is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2018. THE IMPACT OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES ON SINGLE MOTHERS Advocates of federal and state minimum wage increases often cite poor single mothers as a target population for minimum wage protection. However, the empirical evidence shows that most minimum wage workers are neither single mothers nor poor. In fact, poor single mothers comprise less than 5 percent of all minimum wage workers, and almost 55 percent already earn wage rates greater than HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ONEPIONLINE.ORG
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for young WHO REALLY EMPLOYS MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS? The only thing standing between minimum wage employees and a generous salary with paid time off is the greed of the large corporations they work for. That’s the argument voters in SeaTac, Wash., will consider Nov. 5 when they vote on a referendum to create a $15 minimum wage—more than twice the federal minimum of EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ONEPIONLINE.ORG
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for young WHO REALLY EMPLOYS MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS? The only thing standing between minimum wage employees and a generous salary with paid time off is the greed of the large corporations they work for. That’s the argument voters in SeaTac, Wash., will consider Nov. 5 when they vote on a referendum to create a $15 minimum wage—more than twice the federal minimum of EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. MINIMUM WAGE LAWS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYMENT The desirability of raising the minimum wage has long revolved around just one question: the effect of higher minimum wages on the overall level of employment. This report adds an important new dimension to that debate by showing that an even more critical effect of the minimum wage rests on the composition of employment -- who gets theminimum wage job.
EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE KILLS JOBS Illinois' Ray Kroc made the hamburger-flipping teen a mainstay on the American scene when he introduced McDonald's. If the Illinois Legislature continues increasing the minimum wage, they might soon do the same for hamburger-flipping robots. When labor costs go up, business owners can do one of three things: Raise prices, cut costs or shrink their profit margins. Given the consumer's NEW STUDY: MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES DO NOT BOOST THE ECONOMY WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study by economist Dr. Joseph J. Sabia of the United States Military Academy at West Point which finds that—contrary to some advocates’ claims—minimum wage increases do little to stimulate the overall economy. The research also shows that wage hikes can havea negative effect
LETTERS ARCHIVE
The editorial “Reckless Rx” (Our Views, Dec. 1) cites a figure of 46 million uninsured Americans. This oft-quoted statistic is a gross overestimation, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance is much lower. THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT A $15 MINIMUM WAGE The Service Employees International Union spent 2015 expanding its campaign for a $15 minimum wage to other industries. In recent nationwide protests, the union focused again on its original target: Fast food companies, and McDonald’s in particular. I worked for the company for three decades, and served as its USA President for 13years. I
THE IMPACT OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES ON SINGLE MOTHERS Advocates of federal and state minimum wage increases often cite poor single mothers as a target population for minimum wage protection. However, the empirical evidence shows that most minimum wage workers are neither single mothers nor poor. In fact, poor single mothers comprise less than 5 percent of all minimum wage workers, and almost 55 percent already earn wage rates greater than MINIMUM WAGES AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE 4 Employment Policies Institute Minimum Wages and the Business Cycle Introduction A recent review of the minimum wage literature by Neu - mark and Wascher (2007, 2008) concluded that most credible recent studies of the low-skilled employment WHY WAL-MART CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY WORKERS A $15 MINIMUM Wal-Mart’s actual profit, according to SEC filings, was only 3 percent of its total revenue. That works out to roughly $6,400 dollars in profit for each of the company’s 2.3 million employees—a profit that could be wiped out with a $15 minimum wage. Labor advocates are also fond of appealing to their readers’ sense of fairness by HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ONEPIONLINE.ORG
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ONEPIONLINE.ORG
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. DONATE - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE To donate by check, please send a donation to The Employment Policies Institute Foundation at: 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 To donate online by credit card, please use the form below. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION is a §501(c)(3) organization, gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income taxFIGHTING $15?
Today, less than 3% of the hourly workforce earns the minimum wage; by contrast, a $15 minimum wage would cover 44% of the hourly workforce in 2020. Considering that minimum wage coverage has historically ranged from 1.5 to 4 percent of this workforce, this figure should rightly shock members of Congress considering whether to support $15. MEASURING POVERTY IN AMERICA: SCIENCE OR POLITICS Who is poor in America? Beginning in the late 1960s, the federal government has tried to answer that question with an annual poverty count. Politicians and pundits alike await the government’s numbers, now published each September. The shape of the September numbers and the interpretive stories accompanying their release frequently affect the election debate in November. Although most people WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children ofLETTERS ARCHIVE
Voice: Kristen Lopez Eastlick, Employment Policies Institute, Washington, D.C. The Sept. 28 article, “Bay area employers say they need cost savings from health care reform,” accurately notes some of the concerns that businesses have with the increasing number ofemployer mandates.
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This column cites a figure of 46 million uninsured Americans (“The five biggest myths about health reform,” Dec. 14). This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation; a new study by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-1999, shows that nearly half of those uninsured Americans could likely afford health coverage. THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TAX As Drs. Daniel Hamermesh and David Scoones point out in their paper, the steady erosion in the share of wages subject to taxation to fund the unemployment insurance (UI) system as led to an increased burden on low-skilled, and therefore low wage, workers: today only 1/3 of all wages are taxed to fund the UI system. Although the unemployment insurance system is nominally structured to increase TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for youngLETTERS ARCHIVE
Richard Davis’ Oct. 5 column, “Taking a beating,” cites a figure of 47 million uninsured Americans. This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation of the problem, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance is much lower. NEW STUDY FINDS TEENS' EARLY WORK EXPERIENCES HAVE LONG Washington, D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is releasing a new study from economists Dr. Christopher Ruhm and Dr. Charles Baum from University of Virginia and Middle Tennessee State University that quantifies the long-lasting benefits of having a part-time job as a teen. The study comes of the heels of newlyreleased data
HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ON EPIONLINE.ORGRAISING MINIMUM WAGE AND POVERTYRAISING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTYHOW RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS ECONOMYRAISING MINIMUMWAGE POVERTY
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ON EPIONLINE.ORGRAISING MINIMUM WAGE AND POVERTYRAISING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTYHOW RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS ECONOMYRAISING MINIMUMWAGE POVERTY
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. DONATE - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE To donate by check, please send a donation to The Employment Policies Institute Foundation at: 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 To donate online by credit card, please use the form below. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION is a §501(c)(3) organization, gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income taxFIGHTING $15?
Today, less than 3% of the hourly workforce earns the minimum wage; by contrast, a $15 minimum wage would cover 44% of the hourly workforce in 2020. Considering that minimum wage coverage has historically ranged from 1.5 to 4 percent of this workforce, this figure should rightly shock members of Congress considering whether to support $15. MEASURING POVERTY IN AMERICA: SCIENCE OR POLITICS Who is poor in America? Beginning in the late 1960s, the federal government has tried to answer that question with an annual poverty count. Politicians and pundits alike await the government’s numbers, now published each September. The shape of the September numbers and the interpretive stories accompanying their release frequently affect the election debate in November. Although most people WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children ofLETTERS ARCHIVE
Voice: Kristen Lopez Eastlick, Employment Policies Institute, Washington, D.C. The Sept. 28 article, “Bay area employers say they need cost savings from health care reform,” accurately notes some of the concerns that businesses have with the increasing number ofemployer mandates.
LETTERS ARCHIVE
This column cites a figure of 46 million uninsured Americans (“The five biggest myths about health reform,” Dec. 14). This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation; a new study by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-1999, shows that nearly half of those uninsured Americans could likely afford health coverage. THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TAX As Drs. Daniel Hamermesh and David Scoones point out in their paper, the steady erosion in the share of wages subject to taxation to fund the unemployment insurance (UI) system as led to an increased burden on low-skilled, and therefore low wage, workers: today only 1/3 of all wages are taxed to fund the UI system. Although the unemployment insurance system is nominally structured to increase TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for youngLETTERS ARCHIVE
Richard Davis’ Oct. 5 column, “Taking a beating,” cites a figure of 47 million uninsured Americans. This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation of the problem, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance is much lower. NEW STUDY FINDS TEENS' EARLY WORK EXPERIENCES HAVE LONG Washington, D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is releasing a new study from economists Dr. Christopher Ruhm and Dr. Charles Baum from University of Virginia and Middle Tennessee State University that quantifies the long-lasting benefits of having a part-time job as a teen. The study comes of the heels of newlyreleased data
HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ON EPIONLINE.ORGRAISING MINIMUM WAGE AND POVERTYRAISING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTYHOW RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS ECONOMYRAISING MINIMUMWAGE POVERTY
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE January 26, 2021. President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Biden’s recovery plan acknowledges restaurants were “disproportionately” harmed by Covid. But he also proposes to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles the existing minimum, $7.25 an hour. The separate minimum for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, and the president-elect proposes to raisethat to $15 too
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ON EPIONLINE.ORGRAISING MINIMUM WAGE AND POVERTYRAISING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTYHOW RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS ECONOMYRAISING MINIMUMWAGE POVERTY
MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. Invitation and reminder emails were sent to five hundred and fifty-five (555) US based economists from a list provided by EPI. EPIobtained
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. DONATE - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE To donate by check, please send a donation to The Employment Policies Institute Foundation at: 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 To donate online by credit card, please use the form below. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION is a §501(c)(3) organization, gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income taxFIGHTING $15?
Today, less than 3% of the hourly workforce earns the minimum wage; by contrast, a $15 minimum wage would cover 44% of the hourly workforce in 2020. Considering that minimum wage coverage has historically ranged from 1.5 to 4 percent of this workforce, this figure should rightly shock members of Congress considering whether to support $15. MEASURING POVERTY IN AMERICA: SCIENCE OR POLITICS Who is poor in America? Beginning in the late 1960s, the federal government has tried to answer that question with an annual poverty count. Politicians and pundits alike await the government’s numbers, now published each September. The shape of the September numbers and the interpretive stories accompanying their release frequently affect the election debate in November. Although most people WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children ofLETTERS ARCHIVE
Voice: Kristen Lopez Eastlick, Employment Policies Institute, Washington, D.C. The Sept. 28 article, “Bay area employers say they need cost savings from health care reform,” accurately notes some of the concerns that businesses have with the increasing number ofemployer mandates.
LETTERS ARCHIVE
This column cites a figure of 46 million uninsured Americans (“The five biggest myths about health reform,” Dec. 14). This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation; a new study by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-1999, shows that nearly half of those uninsured Americans could likely afford health coverage. THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TAX As Drs. Daniel Hamermesh and David Scoones point out in their paper, the steady erosion in the share of wages subject to taxation to fund the unemployment insurance (UI) system as led to an increased burden on low-skilled, and therefore low wage, workers: today only 1/3 of all wages are taxed to fund the UI system. Although the unemployment insurance system is nominally structured to increase TO PUT TEENS TO WORK, LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE AS TEENS head back to school this month, any number of parents across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. For an alarming number of teenagers, their summer days were spent at home on the couch instead of acquiring work experience at a local restaurant or grocery store. The teen employment crisis has lasted through a fourth summer, and the unemployment rate for youngLETTERS ARCHIVE
Richard Davis’ Oct. 5 column, “Taking a beating,” cites a figure of 47 million uninsured Americans. This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation of the problem, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance is much lower. NEW STUDY FINDS TEENS' EARLY WORK EXPERIENCES HAVE LONG Washington, D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is releasing a new study from economists Dr. Christopher Ruhm and Dr. Charles Baum from University of Virginia and Middle Tennessee State University that quantifies the long-lasting benefits of having a part-time job as a teen. The study comes of the heels of newlyreleased data
HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE Dear Sens. Romney and Sinema: An $11 Minimum Wage Can Still Have Severe Consequences. May 26, 2021•MinimumWage.com. Last week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) presented a long-promised minimum wage “compromise” plan to the “Gang of 20” — a bipartisan group of senators looking to make policychanges.
BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Abolishing the tipped minimum wage would wipe out the benefit of his Covid grants. Joe Biden proposes $15 billion in relief grants for America’s Covid-crushed businesses. But he also wants to mandate a new minimum wage that for many restaurants would wipe out the benefit and then some. Restaurants shed some six million jobs in EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ON EPIONLINE.ORGRAISING MINIMUM WAGE AND POVERTYRAISING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTYHOW RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS ECONOMYRAISING MINIMUMWAGE POVERTY
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. HOME - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTEABOUT USOP-EDSPRESS RELEASESSTUDIESRESEARCHMINIMUM WAGE Dear Sens. Romney and Sinema: An $11 Minimum Wage Can Still Have Severe Consequences. May 26, 2021•MinimumWage.com. Last week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) presented a long-promised minimum wage “compromise” plan to the “Gang of 20” — a bipartisan group of senators looking to make policychanges.
BIDEN DESTROYS RESTAURANTS TO SAVE THEM Abolishing the tipped minimum wage would wipe out the benefit of his Covid grants. Joe Biden proposes $15 billion in relief grants for America’s Covid-crushed businesses. But he also wants to mandate a new minimum wage that for many restaurants would wipe out the benefit and then some. Restaurants shed some six million jobs in EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. MOST ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THE $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE According to an old saying, if you ask five economists for advice you’ll get five different answers. But when it comes to a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage, economists are in near-universal agreement: it’s a bad idea. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by CorCom Inc., the company I head. The survey was releasedthis
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The era of high employment has taken a sharp downward turn. The U.S. economy was cooling rapidly even before terrorism entered the picture. Employee layoffs are now measured in the hundreds of thousands. Many of these employees were entry-level workers just starting their careers. The Labor Department's statistics on teenage and young adult employment reflect a substantial rise in CAN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTY AND HARDSHIPSEE MORE ON EPIONLINE.ORGRAISING MINIMUM WAGE AND POVERTYRAISING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE POVERTYHOW RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS ECONOMYRAISING MINIMUMWAGE POVERTY
WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of economists for the Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The specific areas of interest are economists’ opinions on a $15 minimum wage. EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES ON TEENAGE EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT To assess the desirability of higher minimum wages we typically focus on aggregate employment effects -- how much a particular increase would lower overall employment. The current views on this question range from no job loss (according to the Clinton Administration) to a loss perhaps as high as 3 percent for teens (the workers most affected by the minimum wage) for every 10 percent increase EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. DONATE - EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE To donate by check, please send a donation to The Employment Policies Institute Foundation at: 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 To donate online by credit card, please use the form below. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION is a §501(c)(3) organization, gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income taxOPEDS ARCHIVE
Dear Sens. Romney and Sinema: An $11 Minimum Wage Can Still Have Severe Consequences. May 26, 2021•MinimumWage.com. Last week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) presented a long-promised minimum wage “compromise” plan to the “Gang of 20” — a bipartisan group of senators looking to make policychanges.
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Click here for a policy brief of the book's findings. In his 2013 State of the Union, President Obama called for a 25 percent increase in the federal minimum wage, to $9 an hour. Five years later, the Democratic Party promised a minimum wage increase of more than 100 percent, to $15 an hour. WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY BACKGROUND Government policies dealing with employment and wages have both short term and long term effects. This is especially true with welfare reform. Clearly, the welfare policies now being developed in response to massive changes in the federal law will have immediate effects on individuals currently dependent on public aid. But what long term effect will these policies have on the children of MINIMUM WAGE: TEEN UNEMPLOYMENT The Teen Unemployment Crisis: Questions and Answers Why is teen unemployment rising? High minimum wage rates lead to unemployment for teens. One of the prime reasons for this drastic employment drought is the mandated wage hikes that policymakers have forced on small businesses. Economic research has shown time and again that increasing the minimum wage destroys MEASURING POVERTY IN AMERICA: SCIENCE OR POLITICS Who is poor in America? Beginning in the late 1960s, the federal government has tried to answer that question with an annual poverty count. Politicians and pundits alike await the government’s numbers, now published each September. The shape of the September numbers and the interpretive stories accompanying their release frequently affect the election debate in November. Although most peopleLETTERS ARCHIVE
Voice: Kristen Lopez Eastlick, Employment Policies Institute, Washington, D.C. The Sept. 28 article, “Bay area employers say they need cost savings from health care reform,” accurately notes some of the concerns that businesses have with the increasing number ofemployer mandates.
LETTERS ARCHIVE
This column cites a figure of 46 million uninsured Americans (“The five biggest myths about health reform,” Dec. 14). This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation; a new study by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-1999, shows that nearly half of those uninsured Americans could likely afford health coverage. THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TAX As Drs. Daniel Hamermesh and David Scoones point out in their paper, the steady erosion in the share of wages subject to taxation to fund the unemployment insurance (UI) system as led to an increased burden on low-skilled, and therefore low wage, workers: today only 1/3 of all wages are taxed to fund the UI system. Although the unemployment insurance system is nominally structured to increaseLETTERS ARCHIVE
The Dec. 17 commentary “Misericordia survey sheds light on health care views,” cites a figure of 47 million uninsured Americans. This oft-quoted statistic is actually a gross overestimation of the problem, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot afford health insurance is much lower.* Home
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BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING BECAUSE OF THE FIGHT FOR $15 See the real victims of higher minimum wage laws. Learn More NEW RESEARCH (SEE ALL)*
DO MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES REDUCE CRIME?March 2019
Advocates have recently claimed that minimum wage increases may actually make our neighborhoods safer. By raising workers’ wages, the argument goes, legitimate labor market work will be more attractive to potential criminals and crime will fall. But what about those who lose their jobs? My new research, co-authored with Zachary Fone of the University of New Hampshire and Resul Cesur of the University of Connecticut, finds*
SURVEY OF US ECONOMISTS ON A $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGEMarch 2019
Across the nation, lawmakers continue to grapple with the viability and impact of increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The debate has become heated and some states and cities have already enacted increases they believe will benefit workers. While the true impact of these increases is still being discovered, recent surveys of businesses, franchises and other groups suggest that such minimum wage raises may actually harm workers,*
THE IMPACT OF A $15 MINIMUM WAGE: UP TO 2 MILLION JOBS LOSTJanuary 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi boasted that a $15 minimum wage would pass “in the first 100 hours” of a new Democratic-controlled Congress. It might be good politics, but is a $15 minimum wage good economics? This month, the Employment Policies Institute released its first-ever book on the $15 minimum wage, “Fighting $15: An Evaluation of the Evidence and a Case for Caution.” This policy brief summarizes PUBLISHED OP-EDS (SEE ALL)*
DOES ‘NO TIPPING’ HAVE FUTURE IN MICHIGAN? October 11, 2019 • The Detroit News*
IS A $15 MINIMUM WAGE BAD FOR CALIFORNIA’S ENVIRONMENT? August 9, 2019 • The Orange County Register*
BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS RUN AWAY FROM $15 WAGE FIGHT July 24, 2019 • Morning Consult*
HOW MANY JOBS WOULD THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE KILL? July 10, 2019 • Wall Street Journal*
WHY TEEN SUMMER JOBS ARE FAR AND FEW BETWEEN May 2, 2019 • The OC RegisterSee All
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NEW WEBSITE EXPOSES BERKELEY LABOR TEAM FOR ITS RESEARCH BIASESSeptember 25, 2019
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CBO REPORTS 3.7 MILLION JOBS WILL BE DESTROYED BY $15 MINIMUM WAGEJuly 10, 2019
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MID-YEAR MINIMUM WAGE HIKES HIT AS EVIDENCE OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCESPILES UP
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NEW SURVEY: 74 PERCENT OF ECONOMISTS OPPOSE $15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGEMarch 5, 2019
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CONSEQUENCES OF FEDERAL $15 MINIMUM WAGE OUTLINED IN NEW BOOKJanuary 15, 2019
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THE NEW YORK FED GETS IT WRONG ON NEW YORK’S TIPPED WAGE September 25, 2019 • MinimumWage.com In a recent blog post, a team of researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York conclude that the state’s experiment with rapidly-rising minimum wage levels had “no discernible effect on employment.” The researchers draw this conclusion after comparing “leisure and hospitality” employment in bordering counties between New York (where the minimum wage was*
BIG LABOR TARGETS OREGON GROCERY STORES September 12, 2019 • MinimumWage.com Despite mountains of data exposing the negative effects on businesses and workers of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, big labor and activist groups continue to push the policy in states and municipalities across the country. Now they are trying to hide the blowback. One union group is now backing a ballot initiative*
BAY AREA RESTAURANTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH RISING MINIMUM WAGES September 4, 2019 • MinimumWage.com The consequences of the UC Berkeley labor teams’ flawed studies are once again being felt by small businesses throughout the bay area. Before cities in the Bay Area debated whether or not to raise their minimum wages — they relied on studies by the University of California Berkeley’s labor team to deliver results that city*
SUPPORT FOR THE #FIGHTFOR15 – NOT WHAT IT SEEMS August 12, 2019 • MinimumWage.com Does America support a $15 minimum wage? Democrats in Congress seem to think so. The House voted along party lines last month to pass the “Raise the Wage Act.” This piece of legislation is an unprecedented measure which would more than double the minimum wage and also eliminate the tip credit for the service industry. ThisSee all
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