Wages
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| New Hampshire’s Well Educated, Underpaid Child Care Workforce In this primer, authors Rebecca Glauber and Jess Carson discuss New Hampshire’s child care workforce.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire | Child Care, Children, Education, Employment, Family, Income, New Hampshire, Wages |
| May Unemployment Data Do Not Indicate Benefits Are Keeping Workers Home There has been substantial debate over whether higher levels of unemployment benefits have been keeping workers at home. The April and May state-level unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offer one piece of evidence that workers are not (illegally)… |
COVID-19 | COVID-19, Employment, Wages |
| April Unemployment Data Do Not Indicate Benefits Are Keeping Workers Home The employment data for April 2021 have elevated the question of whether the availability of unemployment benefits at higher levels during the COVID-19 economic crisis is keeping workers at home. Today’s state-by-state data release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics… |
COVID-19 | COVID-19, Employment, Wages |
| Share of Childless Adults Eligible for EITC Triples Under American Rescue Plan In this fact sheet, author Jess Carson explores how changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2021 affect childless tax filers. Findings show that the share of childless adults who can claim a credit has tripled under the new provisions, and that the biggest driver… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Income, Low Income, Poverty, Safety Net, Tax, Wages |
| Employment Income Drops in More Low-Income Than High-Income Households in All States Low-wage workers are being hit much harder in the COVID-19 economic crisis than higher wage workers. This is evident in the much greater job loss in lower wage industries than higher wage industries.
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COVID-19 | COVID-19, Employment, Public Opinion, Unemployment, Wages |
| The Motherhood Wage Penalty Gender inequality has declined precipitously over the past half-century, fundamentally altering women’s, men’s, and their children’s lives. Despite these changes, women continue to pay a wage penalty for motherhood, earning about 5 percent less than equally-qualified… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Wages |
| The Interaction Between the Minimum Wage and the Federal EITC Increases in the minimum wage are widely assumed to be beneficial for low-income workers, but it is important to consider the effect an increase might have on eligibility for other benefits, particularly the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This fact sheet… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Income, Safety Net, Tax, Wages |
| Who Cares for the Sick Kids? Parents’ Access to Paid Time to Care for a Sick Child This brief analyzes employed parents’ access to five or more paid sick days annually to care for a sick child in 2008.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Income, Wages |
| Lack of Protections for Home Care Workers: Overtime Pay and Minimum Wage This brief examines overtime hours and hourly wages among home care workers (home health aides and personal care aides) and compares them with hospital and nursing home aides. These aides engage in similar work for their clients, even though they work in different… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Health Insurance, Safety Net, Wages |
| Coös Teens’ View of Family Economic Stress Is Tied to Quality of Relationships at Home Family economic hardship during adolescence affects family relationships and the social, emotional, and behavioral development of a substantial number of American youth.
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New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, New Hampshire, Wages, Young Adults |
