Essays Tagged: "Economic Policy Institute"
Wage differentiation
nchi of Leeds University Business School, Jaume Garcia and Angel Lopez-Nicolas of the Department of Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Pedro J. Hermandez of the Department of Economics Universidad ... ipsInside Career* Negotiation* Be Accountable* Proper ResponseLast year, a labor economist from the Economic Policy Institute made the widely-quoted estimate that the gender pay gap would be closed wi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Economics at its best
Economics at its best In this time age everyone is looking for a job, and believe it or not ... 01, private employment has fallen by 3.3 million, says the Labor Department. Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, says that this is the longest stretch without ... stock indexes surged to new yearly highs after a fall in initial unemployment claims suggested the economic recovery may no longer be jobless and Yahoo's better than expected third-quarter report emb ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Social Security Needs Reform
re as price indexing bases benefits on changes in the price levels of the economy. According to the Economic Policy Institute, prices do not rise as quickly as wages therefore the change to price inde ... profit on the private accounts. There are also discrepancies in the projected rate as stated by the Economic Policy Institute, "if the trustees are correct and the accounts have a 4.6% average annual ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Walmart: Good or Evil
also are workers who need to earn a decent standard of living," says economist Larry Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute. "The dynamics that create lower prices at Wal-Mart and other places are a ... s many new jobs pays low entry-level wages with few or no benefits. It revives defunct buildings in economically disadvantaged areas, but it is said to impose heavy "social costs" on the communities i ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Don't Blame Minimum Wage
g it more difficult to support oneself off of a minimum wage salary alone. According to the laws of economics, it's not logical for things to have gotten more expensive; competition should drive price ... n the firing axe starts to fall, seniority often determines who goes and who stays. The theories of economics states decisions are made at the marginal level (Kersey). Raising the minimum wage will ca ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Our Education Gap: Where We Are Losing Our Children
small portion of our society to take part in early education. These programs are targeted to serve economically or otherwise disadvantaged children. However, our current education shortcomings are no ... our current education shortcomings are now reaching into our middle-class children too. In 2002 the Economic Policy Institute released data confirming "that middle-class children enter kindergarten wi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
An Examination of Minimum Wage and Its Economical Impact
The concept of minimum wage is a complex economic program pitting an employee's benefit of a living wage against an employer's hardship of fo ... the program. This examination provides an insight into whether minimum wage serves as a social and economic safety net or a welfare crutch with crippling effects for those affected. The presentation ... nce on the subject of minimum wage.ContentsAbstract2Contents3An Examination of Minimum Wage and Its Economical Impact4Introduction4History of Minimum Wage4The Pro Minimum Wage Argument6The Anti Minimu ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Congress should raise the minimum wage to $8.00 Use the although…because.The although clause will be your last mention of your opponents' viewpoint.
ime for Congress to give these hard-working Americans a raise" (War on Poverty 2005). The nonprofit Economic Policy Institute has estimated that if the minimum wage could be raised from $5.15 to $7.25 ... kers Deserve Raises 2006).Really, it is unbelievable that, in the United States, one of the largest economic entity in the world, at the height of twenty-first Century, people who work full time are u ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Causal Analysis Essay What are three effects of raising the federal minimum wage?
minimum wage would be a positive correlation to the wages of millions of workers. According to the Economic Policy Institute, if the minimum wage could be raised from $5.15 to $7.25 by 2008, then an ... poverty.********�Works Cited"Minimum Wage: Facts at a Glance." Epi Issue Guide. August 2006: Economic PolicyInstitute. 4 September 2006< http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The Future of The Euro
est of Europe, but will potentially make its way to into the U.S. market. With Europe undergoing an economic depression, their monetary unit, the Euro, once one of the strongest currencies in the worl ... across national borders. Trading and investment was thus expected to increase, leading to jobs and economic growth (Maastrich). With the euro taking the place of the currencies used by the countries ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union