John is a senior research fellow at CEPR and is senior economist and senior adviser at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). He was formerly vice president of EPI. He has written extensively on unemployment, economic inequality, US/Europe labor economic performance, and the welfare state. John holds a BA in international affairs from Princeton University and an MSc and PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.
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Chronic Condition: Working Without Health Insurance
Exploring the current landscape of health insurance in the US. Find out how many Americans still lack coverage and the effects of the Affordable Care Act.
Employment Challenges Facing Security Guards
In 2022, more than 850,000 people in the United States worked as security guards. This post provides a quick overview of the challenges facing this particular part of the workforce — challenges that face almost all low- and middle-wage workers — and explores the particular ways security guards experience these issues.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers Today
To mark Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, CEPR has released a new issue brief, Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers Today. A key theme that runs throughout this analysis is that the AAPI workforce is exceptionally diverse,
$12 by 2020
Senator Patty Murray and Representative Bobby Scott introduced a bill yesterday that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 per hour to $12.00 by 2020. In a paper also released yesterday, David Cooper and Lawrence Mishel
We Can Afford a $12.00 Federal Minimum Wage in 2020
April 2015, David Cooper, Lawrence Mishel and John Schmitt
Disunited States of America
I have a chapter on state-level labor-market regulations in a new ILR Press book edited by David Jacobs (Morgan State University) and Peggy Kahn (University of Michigan, Flint). The book is called Disunited States of America: Employment Relations Systems
Failing on Two Fronts: The U.S. Labor Market Since 2000
February 2015, John Schmitt
Union Membership Byte 2015
January 23, 2015 (Union Membership Byte)
Who Would Pay More if the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap Were Raised or Scrapped?
January 2015, Nicole Woo, Cherrie Bucknor, and John Schmitt
European and American Labor Markets in the Crisis
November 2014, John Schmitt