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Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Abbreviation CEPR
Formation 1999
Type Economic policy think tank
Headquarters 1611 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC, United States
Co-directors
Dean Baker
Mark Weisbrot
Revenue (2013)
$2,591,641[1]
Expenses (2013) $1,930,828[1]
Website www.cepr.net

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an economic policy think-tank that was founded in 1999 by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot.[2] It has been described as both progressive[3] and left-leaning.[4][5][6] CEPR is based in Washington, DC.

The organization states that it aims "to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives."[7]

Personnel

CEPR's staff includes Ha-Joon Chang[8] and Eileen Appelbaum.[9][10] Other staff members include John Schmitt, Deborah James and Alexander Main.[11][12]

CEPR contributors include Advisory Board Members Joseph Stiglitz and Robert Solow.[13]

As of 2015, CEPR's Board of Directors includes:[14]

Works and policy positions

United States

Affordable Care Act

CEPR supports the Affordable Care Act stating that it is "a family-friendly policy" and that the policy "has allowed thousands of workers to voluntarily reduce their work hours to care for children or elderly parents, or to explore new opportunities". Despite these noted changes in the percentage of workers employed on a part time basis, CEPR concluded that such statistics were not sufficient to make any overall judgments on the health of the labor market.[15][16]

Employment

CEPR backs alongside the Economic Policy Institute the Full Employment Caucus, a group on United States House officials that advocate for full employment in the United States.[17]

Minimum wage

A 2014 study by CEPR shows that 13 states that increased their minimum wage had an average payroll of 0.99% compared to 0.68% in other states, though the CEPR stated that though the analysis was "far from scientific".[18]

Taxes

In a 2014 report in Fortune, CEPR co-founder Dean Baker suggested that according to poll findings, many citizens of the United States did not notice a 2% increase in their Social Security tax.[19]

Haiti

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Venezuela

CEPR studies the socioeconomic situation in Venezuela as well. In a July 2014 article titled "How to fix Venezuela's troubled exchange rate" written for Fortune magazine, Weisbrot attributes many of Venezuela's economic problems to their current monetary policies such as the government's exchange rate system.[21]

The Center for Economic and Policy Research has been described as supporting Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan government[22][23][24] with some of the data presented by CEPR along with Weisbrot being accused of using slanted information to support the Venezuelan government.[25][26][27][28] CEPR staff members such as Mark Weisbrot and Deborah James have attended pro-Venezuelan government events alongside other activists such as Daniel Kovalik.[29][30][31][32][33]


See also

References

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  2. CEPR, About Us, accessed 13 March 2009
  3. ″The Incredible Shrinking Think Tank″, Extra!, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. March 1, 2008.
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