Reports indicate that the Trump administration has laid off nearly all staff at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as part of a massive number of staff cuts across the Department of Education. The NCES collects and analyzes crucially important datasets for researchers to use throughout the world. It’s likely that most Americans have…

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14.03.2025

No tax on overtime is another gimmick that would do more harm than good | Economic Policy Institute

With Congressional Republicans having passed a budget resolution, one of the tax provisions certain to be discussed in federal budget deliberations will be President Trump’s expressed priority to exempt overtime pay from taxation. The idea has gained steam across the country, with lawmakers in 19 states already introducing bills in 2025 to exempt overtime pay…

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25.03.2025

Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality: The new State of Working America Data Library shows the latest trends in productivity, wages, labor markets, unionization, and CEO pay | Economic Policy Institute

Below is an excerpt from a piece originally published in The Briefing Book, a Substack publication. Read the full commentary here.  Rising inequality has been a major social and economic problem for the United States for decades. The policy agenda to stop or even reverse this inequality must start with a clear understanding of what…

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26.03.2025

Equal Pay Day: Gender pay gap hits historic low in 2024—but remains too large | Economic Policy Institute

Today is Equal Pay Day, a reminder that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in our country. The date represents how far into 2025 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2024 simply to match what men were paid in 2024. On an hourly…

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Trump administration is gutting the National Center for Education Statistics: Here are five things we only know about schools thanks to the NCES | Economic Policy Institute

No tax on overtime is another gimmick that would do more harm than good | Economic Policy Institute

Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality: The new State of Working America Data Library shows the latest trends in productivity, wages, labor markets, unionization, and CEO pay | Economic Policy Institute

Equal Pay Day: Gender pay gap hits historic low in 2024—but remains too large | Economic Policy Institute

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