EPI Research (Page 15 )

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  Helping Low-wage Americans–The Earned Income Tax Credit: An Effective Solution to an Age-old Problem

  January 2006

  The unemployment rates for demographic groups such as teens and minorities are consistently in double digits. Millions of potential entry-level employees aren’t even counted in these figures because they have given up hope and stopped looking for work. Yet newspapers all over the country advertise jobs paying $10 an hour or more. Many practically beg for applicants. One test of our employment and antipoverty policies…

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  An Analysis of the Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage and Implications for Employer-Mandated Insurance

  January 2006

  Over the last several years, there has been a lot of attention paid to the increasing number of Americans without health insurance. News reports often discuss the 45 million people—representing 16 percent of the population—who are uninsured. The increasing number of uninsured Americans is a concern because these individuals are less likely to receive adequate medical care. For example, studies have shown that the uninsured…

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  Making Markets Work: Five Steps To A Better Health Care System

  December 2005

  Abstract
  Although the U.S. health care system has made remarkable advancements, it is costly and wasteful, and it leaves many people without appropriate care. The challenge for public policy is to enable consumers and taxpayers to obtain good value for their health care dollars. Achieving this objective stands the greatest chance of success if health care markets function well. To make markets work, we…

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  How Did the $8.50 Citywide Minimum Wage Affect the Santa Fe Labor Market? A Comprehensive Examination

  December 2005

  Overview
  In June 2004 Santa Fe became one of three cities in the United States to pass a city-wide minimum wage applying to private businesses. The city’s increase to $8.50 an hour-a 65 percent increase-affected all businesses within city limits employing more the 25 people. The wage floor is scheduled to increase to $9.50 on January 1, 2006, to $10.50 on January 1, 2008,…

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  Santa Fe’s Living Wage and the Labor Market

  September 2005

  In October, voters in Albuquerque, New Mexico will decide on a minimum wage of $7.50 an hour for all employees in the city. If passed, Albuquerque will become the fourth city in America to institute a wage floor above the federal level . The first city to do so was neighboring Santa Fe, New Mexico which implemented an $8.50 minimum wage in June, 2004.

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  The Real ACORN: Anti-Employee, Anti-Union, Big-Business

  September 2005

  Since it took root in 1970, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has been criticized for its fraud, deception, and radical political agenda. It has been implicated in Teamsters election fraud, government-grant fraud, union busting, and it has sought an exemption from the very minimum wage laws it tries to force on everyone else. This update to the Employment Policies Institute’s May…