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	Economic Policy Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Economic Policy Institute or EPI is a progressive United States think tank based in Washington, D.C. and concerned with, as its name implies, the formulation of economic policy.
		It was established in 1986 by a group of economists including Jeff Faux [1], Barry Bluestone [2], Robert Kuttner [3], Ray Marshall, Robert Reich, and Lester Thurow.
		EPI states it was founded "to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers," It states as its mission, "to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_Policy_Institute (211 words)

	Policy Forum - GMU Economics
		Institute for International Economics - (centrist) a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy.
		Institute for Policy Studies - (liberal) While other think tanks celebrate the virtues of unrestrained markets and individualism, IPS is building partnerships to create a more responsible society.
		Manhattan Institute for Policy Research - a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
	www.gmu.edu /departments/economics/policy.html (513 words)

	Economic Policy Institute Info Answerz - Information about Economic Policy Institute
		Despite an education in economics, they are under-represented among business executives, the owners of privatized enterprises and the beneficiaries of favourable pay regulations and tax systems.
		This erosion of their economic base coupled with the drastic decreases in child benefits, in the length of maternal leave, in the number of public and, thus, affordable child care facilities and in other support networks led to a swift deterioration in the social status and leverage of women.
		Economic realities still forced them to seek a job and steady income (often in a family business or in the informal economy, with no job security or regulated labour conditions) but their activism vanished into newfound and demonstrative reclusiveness.
	economics.infoanswerz.com /economic-policy-institute.html (2661 words)

	Economic Policy Studies
		The Institute has developed an international reputation for producing high-quality policy research and analysis of domestic and international economic policy issues and has become a leader in promoting cooperative work between economists and political scientists on the political economy of economic policy, public choice analysis, the new institutional economics, and comparative and international political economy.
		The Institute, and SPE more generally, emphasize close interaction between students and faculty and the activities of the Institute are seen as an important venue for student mentoring, especially in helping students develop their skills in undertaking applied economic and political economy research and preparing research papers and policy reports.
		Common themes in Institute projects involve the need to pay careful attention to data and the historical and institutional situations in which formal theory and statistical methods are applied and the importance of political influences on economic and policies.
	www.cgu.edu /pages/1380.asp (635 words)

	Economic and Social Policy Institutes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Economic and social policy institutes conduct research on economic and social policy issues to inform voters and influence public policy.
		This site is a library of Austrian Economics and free-market theory, that includes more than twenty online books, archives of four journals, biographies of Austrian School economists, comprehensive interactive bibliographies, working papers, daily articles, topical policy papers, conference information, study guides, and a wide range of scholarly and popular resources in the Misesian tradition.
		A non-profit economic think-tank focusing on four areas of research: the global economy; capital markets and financial institutions; education and human capital; regional economics and demographics.
	www.ncat.edu /~simkinss/policyinst.html (867 words)

	UWO Department of Economics
		The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) was founded in 2001 with a $750,000 donation from the RBC Financial Group.
		The Executive Director of the Institute is Jim Davies, from the Department of Economics.
		Affiliated with the Institute are the Centre for Research on International Economic Relations (CSIER) and the Transition Economy Research Forum (TERF), interdisciplinary groups that are centred in the Department of Economics, and the Political Economy Research Group (PERG), which is joint between Economics and Political Science.
	www.ssc.uwo.ca /economics/centres/epri (329 words)

	EPRI (Economic Policy Research Institute)
		The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) was founded in 1994 to support the process of South Africa's socio-economic transformation and development.
		EPRI is an NGO based in Cape Town, South Africa, with the twin objectives of high caliber economic research and capacity building for the public sector, especially the senior management of various government branches and the Parliament.
		Through its research, EPRI strives to contribute meaningfully to ongoing debates surrounding economic and socio-economic policies of South Africa, both with academia within the country and abroad as well as with the government of South Africa and the civil societies.
	www.epri.org.za (132 words)

	Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute
		The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) was founded in 1994 as an independent, non-profit institution to address the socio-economic policy making process through appropriate and relevant applied economic and social policy research.
		It is here that MAS fulfills a vital role in bridging the gap between the research community and policy makers and stimulating high quality research on both long and short term policy issues.
		A Director General is appointed by the Trustees to manage the Institute, assisted by a team of professional research and administrative staff.
	www.idrc.ca /en/ev-24527-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (153 words)

	economic policy institute
		This policy brief, written for the journal The Future of Children, discusses ways to improve life for immigrant children in the United States.
		This report presents a menu of practical policy options that states can adopt to help working-poor families meet their basic needs and improve their lives.
		This more decentralized, small scale approach puts aside debates over complex public policy matters such as "the media", health care, diplomacy, and immigration that tend to happen at academic conferences and research institutions and require a level of expertise that defeats all but most determined policy wonk.
	www.reportcube.com /economic_policy_institute.htm (246 words)

	Marcia McGill Research Fellowship - Economic Policy Institute
		Examples are the outcomes of welfare reform, the distribution of the tax burden, trends in labor markets and the income distribution, work reorganization and worker participation, macroeconomic policy, and the evolution of privatization efforts in state and local governments.
		The fellowship is available to advanced graduate students in economics, public policy, industrial relations, or related fields who have completed all requirements toward a doctorate except for the dissertation.
		Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in memory of Marcia McGill, an economist employed by SEIU until her untimely death in 1995.
	www.ncat.edu /~neconasc/epi_job.html (456 words)

	Economic policy research institute takes reins of the program in public policy
		The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) will administer the university's interdisciplinary program in public policy, an undergraduate major in the School of Humanities and Sciences, for five years beginning this fall.
		As an interdisciplinary policy research organization, SIEPR has many connections to the program, and many of its fellows already teach in it.
		Owen served twice in government: He was chief economist of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy during the Nixon administration from 1971 to 1972, and chief economist of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. department of Justice from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2005/october12/public-092805.html (497 words)

	SEPI - Archives
		They felt that there was a pressing need to promote social and economic development by broadening the public debate through disseminating a critical volume of progressive analyses on the social impacts of social and economic policies.
		Unlike most other academic institutions such as the universities, most of the research projects undertaken by SEPI aim consciously to serve the long-term interests of Hong Kong society.
		Its methods for ensuring the standard of its research methodologies and relevancy of policy recommendations include the use of a research task force which comprises university scholars and competent researchers, coupled with active consultations with outside experts, NGOs and other target groups in different phases of research.
	www.sepi.org (200 words)

	Economic Policy Institute
		WASHINGTON - September 14 - The devastating economic crises plaguing Russia, Asia and Latin America should serve as an urgent wake-up call that deregulated capital markets and current International Monetary Fund lending practices are dangerously outdated and must be reconsidered.
		Educated at Cambridge and Harvard, Eatwell is the author of several books on economic policy and theory.
		Educated at Harvard and formerly an economics professor at both Harvard and MIT, Taylor is also a widely published author and has served as a visiting scholar and policy advisor in more than 25 countries.
	www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/Sept98/091498c.htm (357 words)

	ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) seeks an education researcher with strong empirical skills to conduct research, coordinate research and communicate research findings to policymakers and the media.
		An advanced degree in economics, education, sociology or public policy is required.
		Areas of focus include teacher quality and retention/recruitment policies, school vouchers, charter schools, costs of an "adequate" education, achievement trends, school spending patterns, trends in workforce skills, education adequacy for at-risk youth, and the role of social factors on achievement.
	www.aeaweb.org /joe/0312d/html/joe156.html (187 words)

	Fiscal Policy Institute
		By improving the economic well-being of the working poor and assisting in the transition from welfare to work, states can provide economic opportunity for everyone struggling to make ends meet including workers on the lowest rung of the wage-ladder, recently arrived immigrants and workers who face temporary unemployment.
		While the economic growth in New York between the late 1970s and the 1980s was, on average, shared (albeit not equally) by four out of five families in New York, the most recent economic expansion has increased the average income of only the richest fifth of families.
		The primary author of this report is Trudi Renwick, an economist with the Fiscal Policy Institute and a nationally recognized expert on issues related to poverty and family incomes.
	www.fiscalpolicy.org /pullingapart.htm (3799 words)

	About the Economic Policy Institute
		The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
		The mission of the Economic Policy Institute is to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy.
		EPI was the first — and remains the premier — organization to focus on the economic condition of low- and middle-income Americans and their families.
	www.epinet.org /content.cfm/about (574 words)

	Economic Strategy Institute - Home
		The Economic Strategy Institute has published a new research report on the upcoming privatization of Japan Post.
		By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U.S. as a "hyperpower," to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented in world history, and to assume that American dominance would continue at least throughout our lifetimes.
		Three Billion New Capitalists is a clear-eyed and profoundly unsettling look at America's and the world's economic future, from an author with a history of predicting the important trends long before they become apparent to others.
	www.econstrat.org (1028 words)

	Economic Policy Institute Basic Family Budget - Oregon Center for Public Policy
		The Oregon Center for Public Policy uses research and analysis to advance policies and practices that improve the economic and social opportunities of all Oregonians.
		The Economic Policy Institute is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute — or “think tank” — that researches the impact of economic trends and policies on working people in the United States and around the world.
		View the Economic Policy Institute's report Basic Family Budget and on-line calculator to see the cost in your community.
	www.ocpp.org /cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=nr050831basicbud (567 words)

	Charity Navigator Rating - Economic Policy Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Established in 1986, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonpartisan think thank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
		The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy makers.
		Our research is focused on five main economic areas: living standards/labor markets, government and the economy, globalization and trade, education, and retirement policy.
	www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/7111.htm (224 words)

	The Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies
		Roe Institute analysts produce studies on a wide range of economic issues, including federal spending, economic growth, labor policies, the environment, and regulation.
		These studies are distributed to policymakers and their staff, the media, as well as other policy institutions and select individuals.
		Also, the Roe Institute conducts issue working groups and meetings, regularly participates in conferences, speaks to audiences around the country, and briefs policymakers on a wide range of economic issues.
	www.heritage.org /About/Departments/roe.cfm (91 words)

	The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment ...
		The economic growth that has occurred has flowed to corporate profits to a degree unseen in the post-World War II period, leaving relatively little for compensation.
		These economic conditions stand in stark contrast to those that prevailed at the end of the last business cycle, where full employment ensured that the benefits of the growing economy lifted the living standards of working families the income scale.
		Sylvia Allegretto and Jared Bernstein are economists at the Economic Policy Institute; Isaac Shapiro is an associate director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
	www.cbpp.org /2-16-05ui.htm (4129 words)

	:: Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute :: MAS :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		MAS is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of prominent academics, businessmen and distinguished personalities from Palestine and the Arab Countries.
		Bridging the gap between policy research output and the decision-making process through applied economic and social research.
		Evaluating economic and social policies and their impact at different levels for correction and review of existing policies.
	www.mas.org.ps (271 words)

	Fiscal Policy Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yet, the benefits of the City's economic prosperity have been highly concentrated at the top of the income spectrum and living standards for many have not kept pace.
		As of 1997, the latest year for which data are available, the economic boom of the 1990s has shrunk the size of New York City's middle class and increased the proportion of families in the low income category.
		Fiscal Policy Institute, Working but Poor in New York: Improving the Economic Situation of a Hard-Working but Ignored Population, March 1999.
	www.fiscalpolicy.org /research_02a.stm (962 words)

	Economic Policy Institute \| Sources \| General Labor News \| IWW News \| Hjem \| Industrial Workers of the World
		In this Policy Memo, EPI Vice President and Policy Director Ross Eisenbrey examines 10 of the occupations expected to be among those most affected by the ruling, showing how many workers in each of the 50 states stand to lose rights under the forthcoming Kentucky River ruling.
		After falling each year since the economic recovery began in 2001, the income of the median household grew 1.1% (or $509) in inflation-adjusted terms in 2005.
		Economic growth slowed to 2.5% in the second quarter of 2006, according to a report released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
	www.iww.org /da/aggregator/sources/105 (1126 words)

	Institute for Economic Policy at University of Cologne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Institute for Economic Policy at University of Cologne
		Through the navigation bar on the left side you will find all information about the Institute, its researchers, its fields of research, publications, activities and library.
		The Otto Wolff Institut for Economic Studies, working closely together with the Institute for Economic Policy, has its own web page.
	www.uni-koeln.de /wiso-fak/iwp/GB/eindex.htm (392 words)

	Economic Policy Institute Website - Jobs Pay Economy, Nov/Dec 2001
		The Economic Policy Institute is an economic think tank where the focus is on real-world analysis, grounded in a concern for the living standards of working people.
		Going to the “Economic indicators” section of the website and clicking on “Jobs picture” will call up a summary of the latest Labor Department report on employment and unemployment.
		The summary puts the latest figures in perspective – you can learn, for example, that the increase in unemployment in October was the largest one-month increase since 1986 –; and pays special attention to the implications for workers.
	www.uaw.org /publications/jobs_pay/01/1101/jpe12.html (835 words)

	Carl Vinson Institute of Government - Economic Policy Analysis
		The Institute continues to expand its economics modeling and policy analysis as state and local officials face increasingly difficult financial issues.
		The Georgia Economic Modeling System (GEMS) is a large-capacity multiregional modeling tool that can be used to provide customized forecasts of employment, wages, output, demand, income, trade, and more.
		Faculty are actively involved in performing detailed economic impact analyses related to transportation, infrastructure investments, tourism, economic development, child welfare policy, and changes in other public policies.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /services/policy/economic.php (125 words)

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