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How have counties grown since the great recession?

March 9, 2020

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth article New measure of county-level GDP gives insight into local-level U.S. economic growth by Raksha Kopparam (12/16/2019) provides the map copied here. Making GDP a more useful metric may require peeling it apart and looking at the data more closely. On December 12, the …

How did minimum wage increases impact wage growth?

March 5, 2020

This graph from the EPI post Low-wage workers saw the biggest wage growth in sates that increased their minimum wage between 2018 and 2019 by Elise Gould (3/4/2020) answers part of the question. It is worth noting that: Strong wage growth at the 10th percentile is not simply due to …

How do U.S. adults view the economy?

February 13, 2020

The Pew report Views of Nation’s Economy Remain Positive, Sharply Divided by Partisanship (2/7/2020) provides the answer: Currently, 81% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say the economy is excellent or good. These views have changed only modestly over the past two years. But between November 2016 (just before Trump’s victory …

What are American’s view on economic inequality?

January 16, 2020

The PEW article Most Americans Say There Is Too Much Economic Inequality in the U.S., but Fewer Than Half Call it a Top Priority by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Ruth Igielnik, and Rakesh Kochhar (1/9/2020) is a thorough review of income and wealth inequality, as well as American’s views of inequality. …

What are EPI’s top charts of 2019?

January 13, 2020

To find the top charts of 2019 according to EPI see their Top charts of 2019 post. The graph here is #5 on their list. The figure shows that the real value of the federal minimum wage has dropped 17% since 2009 and 31% since 1968. A full-time worker earning …

What has improved (and not) between rich and poor countries?

December 26, 2019

The St. Louis Fed post, Healthier Countries, if Not Wealthier Countries by Guillaume Vandenbroucke (12/26/2019) notes The income gap between rich and poor countries doesn’t seem to be closing. In fact, it seems to be getting wider. However, the gaps between these groups of countries when it comes to health …

Who are the low-wage workers?

November 18, 2019

The Brookings report Meet the low-wage workforce by Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman (11/7/19) provides demographics of the low-work force by category. The nine categories they use are represented in their chart copied here. For example, cluster 1 are ages 18-24 are not in school and don’t have a college …

How has income changed in the U.S.?

November 7, 2019

From the Census Bureau report New Data Show Income Increased in 14 State and 10 of the Largest Metros by Gloria Guzman (9/26/19) Median household income for the United States and 14 states increased significantly in 2018 from the previous year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today. But, …

What is in the Income and Poverty 2018 report?

September 16, 2019

The U.S. Census Bureau report Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018 by Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, John Creamer, and Abinash Mohanty (9/10/19) is now available. A few highlights can be found in the post Pay is Up. Poverty is Down. How Women are Making Strides by Jessica Semega …

How different is weekly pay of women and men by race?

September 2, 2019

The BLS report, Highlights of women’s earning in 2017 has four charts with data about women’s earnings and occupation. The chart copied her compares men and women by race. Asian women and men earned more than their White, Black, and Hispanic counterparts in 2017. Among women, Whites ($795) earned 88 …

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