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About - Economic Policy Institute About EPI The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank working for the last 30 years to counter rising inequality, low wages and weak benefits for working people, slower economic growth, unacceptable employment conditions, and a widening racial wage gap
Economic Policy Institute | Research and Ideas for Shared Prosperity EPI's rigorous research and transformative ideas fortify worker organizing, build a shared understanding of how power and policy shape economic outcomes, and drive progressive policy change at every level of government
Publications - Economic Policy Institute EPI comment on New Jersey’s proposed regulation codifying its interpretation of the state’s statutory “ABC test” August 6, 2025 By Nina Mast Testimony
271,500 workers went on strike in 2024 - epi. org The data, combined with an EPI review of publicly available sources, suggest a range of strike activity in 2024 Recurring themes of major stoppages in 2024 include improving pay, expanding benefits, and addressing workplace safety issues
How anti-worker policies, crony capitalism, and privatization keep the . . . A 2017 EPI analysis of wage theft in the 10 most populous states—including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas—found that workers were cheated out of $8 billion annually due to minimum wage violations alone (Cooper and Kroeger 2017)
Immigration - Economic Policy Institute EPI proposes reforms that would allow the immigration system to respond and adjust to the shifting needs of the U S labor market while improving wages and safeguarding labor standards for American and immigrant workers
Areas of research - Economic Policy Institute EPI analyzes the U S health care system through the lens of low- and moderate-income families’ living standards, with special attention to employer-sponsored health insurance, the burden of health costs, and disparities in access and outcomes
U. S. investment in public education is at risk - epi. org Expenditures are in real 2024 dollars Expenditures shown are total current expenditures on elementary and secondary education, excluding capital outlays and interest on debt Source: EPI analysis of data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data
Heidi Shierholz - Economic Policy Institute Research and insights from EPI on labor and employment policy, wage stagnation, unions, inequality, unemployment benefits, and the policies needed to generate a strong and equitable recovery from the COVID-19 recession routinely shaped policy proposals and informed economic news coverage