Inequality Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

CEPR investigates economic and social policies that affect, as well as methods of measuring, levels of hardship, poverty and inequality in the U.S.

CEPR investiga las políticas económicas y sociales que afectan, así como los métodos para medir, los niveles de adversidad, pobreza y desigualdad en los Estados Unidos.

Op-Ed/Commentary

Inequality CEO Pay Does not Necessarily Line Up With Shareholder Interests, Even if it is in Stock Options

If shareholders can be empowered in ways that make them more able to control CEO pay, this could be a large step toward reducing income inequality.

Dean Baker / April 25, 2021

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Health and Social ProgramsInequalityPovertyUS The Progressive Case for a Unified Child Benefit

This paper reviews the goals of a broad-based child benefit and identifies four criteria that should guide its design: universality, adequacy on an annual and monthly basis, simplicity, and visibility.

Shawn Fremstad / April 19, 2021

Op-Ed/Commentary

CoronavirusInequalityIntellectual Property Patents and the Pandemic: Can We Learn Anything?

To my view, there is no economic policy that is worse in its outcomes than our system of patent monopoly financing for prescription drugs.

Dean Baker / April 12, 2021

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CoronavirusHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityUS Housing Insecurity by Race and Place During the Pandemic

In this report, we update our analysis with data through December 2020, and provide detail on both housing and food insecurity at the state and metropolitan level.

Julie Yixia Cai Shawn Fremstad Simran Kalkat / April 05, 2021