Reports by Hannah Shaw
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Incomes at the Top Rebounded in First Full Year of Recovery, New Analysis of Tax Data Shows
March 7, 2012
Incomes of the top 1 percent of households, which fell in the financial crisis and Great Recession, rose strongly in 2010, the first full year of the economic recovery, according to a new analysis by economist Emmanuel Saez.[1] The new analysis, which incorporates 2009 and 2010 IRS data into the historical series on pre-tax income created … -
Conference Agreement Far Better For Unemployed Workers and UI System Than Original House Bill
February 17, 2012
The conference agreement on legislation that continues federal emergency unemployment insurance (UI) gives unemployed workers a far better deal than UI legislation that the House passed last December. It also rejects extreme proposals in the House bill that would have changed the essential character of the UI system, which policymakers created … -
House Republican Proposal Would Undermine Foundation of Unemployment Insurance System
January 17, 2012
A provision that some policymakers may seek to include in legislation to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of 2012 would authorize the Secretary of Labor to let up to ten states per year use unemployment insurance (UI) funds for purposes other than paying benefits. The provision, part of the full-year payroll-tax bill … -
Hundreds of Thousands of Lower-Wage Workers, Many of Whom Worked for Decades, Would Be Denied Unemployment Insurance Under Provision Now Under Consideration
January 6, 2012
A provision that congressional negotiators will consider for legislation to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of 2012 would deny unemployment insurance (UI) to hundreds of thousands of lower-wage workers who worked for years or even decades, effectively paid UI taxes while they worked, and then were laid off. The provision, part …
