Tag: Economic Policy Institute
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(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.)
“Workforce development” is arguably the most important social challenge...
Groups call for timely distribution of funds from R.I.’s ARPA allocation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s businesses and organizations are calling on Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the state's legislative leaders to allocate a portion of...
Getting the unemployed to take unfilled jobs isn’t so simple
About 45,000 Rhode Islanders have lost their federal unemployment benefits, but prodding them back into the workforce to ease a labor shortage in some...
R.I. Foundation launches initiative to develop recommendations for state on stimulus...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday that, with the support of the Economic Progress Institute and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council,...
Does new federal overtime rule go far enough for salaried workers?
An additional 1.3 million U.S. workers – including tens of thousands in Rhode Island – will be eligible for premium overtime pay now that...
Study: Wage growth weak for a tight labor market
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment rates in the economic recovery of recent years are similar to those the nation saw in the late 1990s recovery, but...
Job growth in R.I. is expected to come at the top...
If you don’t catch on at the top of Rhode Island’s labor market, you may slip all the way to the bottom.
That’s because the...
Much work to be done to bring more high-wage jobs to...
It’s never a bad thing to have a job. But an analysis of data for Rhode Island and the nation shows that which job...
Health care still eating the economy
Health care costs are not as much in the news nowadays. A big reason might be that cost growth has slowed in recent years....
Manufacturing jobs are still pretty good jobs
In November 2014, the average hourly pay of production and nonsupervisory workers in durable goods manufacturing fell behind that of their peers in the...
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