Our work

EARN groups produce research, fact sheets, issue briefs, and multimedia resources on a multitude of topics to help inform public policy in a way that will strengthen the economy for working people.

Publication

Making the most of the American Rescue Plan

April 8, 2021
Wendy Patton, Will Petrik, Michael Shields, Piet van Lier

Government works best when it works for all of us. After years of policies slanted in favor of the wealthy few and big corporations, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) […]

EARN in the Midwest

Impact

The COVID-19 Recession Further Undercuts California Women’s Opportunities for Economic Security

March 30, 2021
California Budget & Policy Center
Kristin Schumacher

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many Californians and Americans to unprecedented economic instability, but many women in California were already struggling to pay the bills prior to the onset of […]

COVID19 Gender Wage Gap

Publication

What a $15 Minimum Wage Means for Working Wisconsin

March 15, 2021
COWS

We’ve released a new factsheet on how raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 in Wisconsin would impact the state’s workers. Using data from the Economic Policy Institute’s recently […]

Minimum Wage

Publication

Florida Policymakers Need to Reassess How the Minimum Wage is Enforced

March 4, 2021
Florida Policy Institute
Alexis Davis, Daniel J. Galvin, Janice Fine, and Jenn Round

In November 2020, Floridians made the historic decision to move an estimated 2.5 million Floridians closer to a living wage with the passage of Amendment 2. The state minimum wage […]

Minimum Wage