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Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Since the end of the 1970s, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in economic inequality. While the United … circumstances but is the direct result of a set of policies designed first and foremost to increase inequality. …

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Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

The OECD recently published a lengthy volume examining the causes of rising inequality in most wealthy countries over … the last three decades. This paper examines that study, finding that the OECD misses most of the story of inequality … most of the benefits of rising inequality were concentrated much further up the income ladder. In contrast to the OECD …

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The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age

Baker, Dean; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

Social Security benefits will have the effect of increasing inequality. …

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The Wealth of Households: An Analysis of the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances

Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

This paper presents data on the wealth of households by age cohort based on new data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). It shows that the upward redistribution of wealth continued between 2010 and 2013. As a result, most households had less wealth in 2013 than they did in 2010 and...

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Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality

Ray, Rebecca; Schmitt, John; Gornick, Janet C. - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008

This report examines the parental leave policies in 21 high-income nations and identifies five "best practices" for parental leave policies. The study shows that the U.S. has the least generous leave policies of the 21 countries examined in the report. The states exhibiting the five best...

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The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008

Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Over the last quarter century, the unionized workforce has changed dramatically, according to this new CEPR report. In 2008, union workers reflected trends in the workforce as a whole toward a greater share of women, Latinos, Asian Pacific Americans, older, more-educated workers, and a shift out...

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Women, Working Families, and Unions

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

One of every nine women in the United States (11.8 percent in 2013) is represented by a union at her place of work. The annual number of hours of paid work performed by women has increased dramatically over the last four decades. In 1979, the typical woman was on the job 925 hours per year; by...

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Stagnation in the Drug Development Process: Are Patents the Problem?

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2007

The rate of new drug development has stagnated, in spite of large increases in both private and public sector spending on biomedical research. The flip side of slower progress is higher drug costs. The cost of developing new drugs has been rising at an average real rate of more than 7 percent...

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Celebrating Pork: The Dubious Success of the Medicare Drug Benefit Health Insurance for the Elderly

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2007

Projected costs for Medicare Part D have been revised downward, causing some analysts to claim that the program has proven itself a success. This report explores the factors behind the lower cost projections and reaches far different conclusions. It finds two main reasons: 1) a slowdown in the...

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The Impact of the Medicare Drug Benefit on Health Care Spending by Older Households

Baker, Dean; Zipperer, Ben - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008

This report uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey from 2004 to 2006 as well as data from the Congressional Budget Office to analyze the savings in prescription drug spending for seniors as a result of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and...

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