Protecting Older Workers & Strengthening Retirement Security
Economic insights for a more equitable society
The Costs Behind NYC's Hudson Yards Project
SCEPA's research exposed the $2.2 billion in costs behind the so-called "self-financed" project. Check out the extensive news coverage.
Climate Change & the Challenges to Labor
“On a dead planet, there are no jobs." Labor leader Reiner Hoffmann, who represents over 6 million workers in Germany, succinctly summarized why we came together to discuss the intersection of climate change and labor.
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SCEPA works to focus the public economics debate on the role government can and should play in the real productive economy - that of business, management, and labor - to raise living standards, create economic security, and attain full employment.
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Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab)
Working Longer Cannot Solve the Retirement Crisis
Brief— Working longer is often proposed as the solution to the retirement crisis caused by older workers’ lack of retirement assets, but new research from SCEPA's ReLab shows this assumption doesn't match older workers' real experiences in the labor market.
The Stalled Jobs Recovery Pushed 1.1 Million Older Workers Out Of The Labor Force
Brief—Status of Older Workers Report
Climate Change
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Economics of Climate Change
How to Reverse the EU's Division and Support Recovery
SCEPA Climate Economics Director Willi Semmler and co-authors Francesco Saraceno and Brigitte Young published a new article asking how the European Union (EU) can recover its sense of common purpose after the Covid-19 crisis exacerbated division between and among member…Read More
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Sustainability
The Real Driver of Rising Inequality
Wage suppression - not monopoly power - is fueling corporate profits and the growing gap between rich and poor.Read More
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