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.

Op-Ed/Commentary

Economic Crisis and RecoveryGovernmentInequalityUSWorkers COVID-19 Recession Disproportionately Harmed Working-Class Mothers

From April to December 2020, 1.45 million fewer working-class mothers were employed compared to the same time period in 2019.

Aiden Lee Simran Kalkat Hayley Brown Sarah Rawlins / May 05, 2021

Op-Ed/Commentary

FamiliesInequalityUS Working-Class Mothers and the COVID-19 Shecession

Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, women have disproportionately borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic devastation.

Hayley Brown Simran Kalkat Aiden Lee / April 28, 2021

Op-Ed/Commentary

Inequality CEO Pay Does not Necessarily Line Up With Shareholder Interests, Even if it is in Stock Options

If shareholders can be empowered in ways that make them more able to control CEO pay, this could be a large step toward reducing income inequality.

Dean Baker / April 25, 2021

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Health and Social ProgramsInequalityPovertyUS The Progressive Case for a Unified Child Benefit

This paper reviews the goals of a broad-based child benefit and identifies four criteria that should guide its design: universality, adequacy on an annual and monthly basis, simplicity, and visibility.

Shawn Fremstad / April 19, 2021