Inequality Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

CEPR investigates economic and social policies that affect, as well as methods of measuring, levels of hardship, poverty and inequality in the U.S.

CEPR investiga las políticas económicas y sociales que afectan, así como los métodos para medir, los niveles de adversidad, pobreza y desigualdad en los Estados Unidos.

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CoronavirusGovernmentHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityUSWorkers Contagion Nation 2020: United States Still the Only Wealthy Nation without Paid Sick Leave

The current global pandemic highlights the importance of paid leave for workers who are unable to work because of an illness or temporary disability, or because they need to care for a person with an illness or temporary disability.

Hye Jin Rho Shawn Fremstad Jared Gaby-Biegel / March 19, 2020

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CoronavirusGovernmentHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityUSWorkers Concrete Solutions to Mitigate the Health and Economic Impacts of the Pandemic

Does the federal government have meaningful tools available to turn a terrible situation into one that is meaningfully less terrible?

Eileen Appelbaum Dean Baker Jeff Hauser Shawn Fremstad / March 16, 2020

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CoronavirusGovernmentHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityUSWorkers Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What’s In and What’s Out

The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare how ill-prepared the U.S. is to address basic human needs. Unlike every other wealthy nation, the US fails to provide access to health care for everyone, paid time off for workers who are sick, safety standards to pr

Eileen Appelbaum / March 15, 2020

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Health and Social ProgramsInequalityUS The Effects of Hospital Consolidation in Colorado

This report looks at the state of Colorado to examine the factors that are contributing to consolidation in local markets and the impact of consolidation on residents across all regions of the state.

Jared Gaby-Biegel / March 05, 2020