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Employment Policies Institute should not be confused with the older, similarly named [[Economic Policy Institute]], which is a liberal think tank advocating for low to moderate-income families in the United States.
Employment Policies Institute should not be confused with the older, similarly named [[Economic Policy Institute]], which is a liberal think tank advocating for low to moderate-income families in the United States.


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The Employment Policies Institute has released a number of studies<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article1015741.ece | work=St. Petersburg Times | title=Millions Decide to Go Without Health Insurance Coverage | date=July 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.allbusiness.com/population-demographics/demographic-trends/14055016-1.html |work=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | title=Economists Say Hike in Teen Unemployment Rate Related to Minimum Wage Increase | date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> that look at the economic effects of policies (like the [[minimum wage]], [[Health care reform debate in the United States|health care]] mandates, and [[Earned Income Tax Credit|employment tax credits]]) on low-wage labor markets. It also regularly analyzes job market data in the United States<ref>{{cite news | url=https://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/business/la-fi-teen-jobs-20100628 | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Summer Job Market Cold for Teens | date=June 29, 2010 | first=Shan | last=Li}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/05/daily15.html | work=Portland Business Journal | title=Summer jobs for teens down 38 percent | date=July 7, 2010 | first=Jeff | last=Clabaugh}}</ref> Typically, studies are contracted by university [[economist]]s and published under its name.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://economics.truman.edu/ThinkTanks.asp | work=Truman State University | title=Think Tanks | accessdate=August 24, 2010}}</ref>
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In 2009, The Employment Policies Institute launched a campaign, [[Defeat The Debt]], focusing on the [[United States public debt|national debt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/02/group-launches-campaign-raise-awareness-soaring-national-debt/|title=Group Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness About Soaring National Debt|work=Fox News|date=September 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905065648/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/02/group-launches-campaign-raise-awareness-soaring-national-debt/|archive-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref>
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===Minimum wage===
The Employment Policies Institute argues that increases to the minimum wage also increase unemployment among groups of workers like teens and less-educated and workers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.forbes.com/moneybuilder/2010/02/24/seniors-pushing-young-adults-out-of-the-workforce/?boxes=Homepagechannels | work=Forbes | title=Seniors Pushing Young Adults Out of the Workforce | date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Economists have varied views on the [[Minimum wage#Surveys of economists|impact of minimum wage laws.]]

It weighed in when [[David Card]] and [[Alan Krueger]] concluded that a 1992 minimum wage hike in [[New Jersey]] did not decrease employment in the state. Card and Krueger surveyed fast food employers in New Jersey before and after an April 1992 increase in the state minimum wage (from $4.25 to $5.05 per hour) and found a slight increase in employment.<ref>[[Minimum wage#Card and Krueger]]</ref> Critics of the analysis, including The Employment Policies Institute,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1996/0126/26092.html | work=Christian Science Monitor | title=Policy Wonks Go to Battle Over Minimum Wage | date=January 26, 1996}}</ref> noted that because Card and Krueger's research was based on informal headcounts acquired through telephone surveys, it could not be easily replicated.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj15n1-8.html | work=The Cato Journal Book Review | title=Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage | accessdate=August 24, 2010}}</ref> Subsequent analysis of these restaurants' payroll data records found that employment actually decreased by 4.6 percent after the minimum wage hike,<ref name="Neumark Wascher AER" /> and The Employment Policies Institute's findings were later verified by independent economists.<ref name="Neumark Wascher AER">{{cite journal |last1=Neumark |first1=David |first2=William |last2=Wascher |title=Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Comment |journal=[[American Economic Review]] |year=2000 |volume=90 |issue=5 |pages=1362–1396 |doi=10.1257/aer.90.5.1362 }}</ref> This result would mean that the total amount of wages paid to minimum wage employees in the fast food industry in New Jersey increased 13.4 percent as a result of the increase in the minimum wage (employment declined 4.6 percent, but the minimum wage increased 18.8 percent, for a total change in wages paid of 13.4 percent).

In 2000, Card and Krueger redid their study using a data set from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and reproduced their earlier conclusions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Card |first1=David |last2=Krueger |first2=Alan B. |title=Minimum Wages And Employment: A Case Study Of The Fast-Food Industry In New Jersey And Pennsylvania: Reply |journal=American Economic Review |year=2000 |volume=90 |issue=5 |pages=1397–1420 |doi=10.1257/aer.90.5.1397 |s2cid=1140202 }}</ref> They also showed that Neumark and Wascher's results were due to a non-random biased sample of restaurants.

In the time since the Card–Krueger study was released, many economists have tried to look at the effects of minimum wage increases on employment prospects. A 2006 review by Neumark and Wascher of over 100 studies on the minimum wage concluded that the general consensus view agreed that wage increases hurt employment opportunities for youths.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=David |last1=Neumark |first2=William |last2=Wascher |title=Minimum Wages and Employment: A Review of Evidence from the New Minimum Wage Research |journal=NBER Working Paper No. 12663 |date=November 2006 |doi=10.3386/w12663 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

In 2014 they took out billboards in San Francisco telling workers they will be replaced by iPads if they ask for a living wage.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-17|title=New San Francisco billboard warns workers they'll be replaced by iPads if they demand a fair wage|url=https://pando.com/2014/07/17/new-san-francisco-billboard-warns-workers-theyll-be-replaced-by-ipads-if-they-demand-a-fair-wage/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=Pando|language=en-gb}}</ref>


==Staff and Management==
==Staff and Management==

Revision as of 18:26, 29 April 2024

Employment Policies Institute
AbbreviationEPI
Formation1991; 33 years ago (1991)
TypeThink tank
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
Parent organization
Berman and Company
Revenue (2013)
$2,347,584[1]
Expenses (2013)$2,131,002[1]
Websiteepionline.org

The Employment Policies Institute is a fiscally conservative, non-profit American think tank that conducts and publishes research on employment issues, particularly aimed towards reducing the minimum wage. It was established in 1991 by Richard Berman,[2][3] and it has been described as "a nonprofit research group that studies issues of entry-level employment."[4]

Employment Policies Institute does not have its own employees or office, but rather its staff work for Berman and Company, which is a public affairs firm owned by Richard Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries.[3][5][6] The charity evaluator Charity Navigator has issued a donor advisory concerning The Employment Policies Institute.[7]

Employment Policies Institute should not be confused with the older, similarly named Economic Policy Institute, which is a liberal think tank advocating for low to moderate-income families in the United States.

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Staff and Management

Michael Saltsman has been identified on a number of occasions as The Employment Policies Institute research director.[8] Samantha Summers is the nonprofits communications director.[9]

Campaigns

National debt

Defeat The Debt, is a project of The Employment Policies Institute that is focused on the national debt and was launched towards the end of 2009.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Employment Policies Institute Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Center. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "About The Employment Policies Institute". Employment Policies Institute. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  3. ^ a b Lipton, Eric (February 9, 2014). "Fight Over Minimum Wage Illustrates Web of Industry Ties". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  4. ^ Whitaker, Barbara (June 9, 2007). "Ample Jobs, but Youths Are Choosy". New York Times.
  5. ^ Graves, Lisa (2013-11-13). "Corporate America's new scam: Industry P.R. firm poses as think tank!". Salon. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. ^ Mark Drajem, Brian Wingfield (November 1, 2012). "Union Busting by Profiting From Non-Profit May Breach IRS". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  7. ^ "Employment Policies Institute Foundation | Rating by Charity Navigator".
  8. ^ "Industries, unions fund nonprofits' studies to aid lobbying".
  9. ^ "Commentary: No longer the season for seasonal workeers? | HeraldNet.com". HeraldNet.com. 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

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