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Economic insights for a more equitable society
A Policy Agenda for the Biden Administration
Protecting Older Workers & Strengthening Retirement Security
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.
Our Mission
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.
SCEPA Updates
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Who Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Benefit?
Read MoreWorking Paper—The popular EITC program is credited with encouraging employment and reducing poverty. But a SCEPA working paper suggests it may also reduce wages for low-education workers, including older workers who do not receive EITC benefits at the same rate as younger workers.
Featured Event
May 06, 2021
A Green Recovery from the Pandemic Meltdown
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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 Pandemic Retirement Surge Increased Retirement Inequality
Brief— 2021 Q1 Status Of Older Workers Report
Climate Change
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Economics of Climate Change
G20 Features SCEPA Article on Climate & Cooperation
This year’s materials for the G20 Summit include a SCEPA research paper co-written by Willi Semmler, the Director of SCEPA’s Economics of Climate Change project. The paper investigates how to recover the European Union (EU)’s sense of common aims after…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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