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Families and individuals working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to meet minimum standards given the local cost of living. We developed a living wage calculator to estimate the cost of living in your community or region based on typical expenses. The tool helps individuals, communities, and employers determine a local wage rate that allows residents to meet minimum standards of living.

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Double Whammy: Essential Workers Threatened by Job Loss While Facing the Highest Risk of COVID In...
Isy Osubor 07/06/2020

While it is no surprise to learn that the COVID economic crisis disproportionately affects different types of individuals and business sectors, a recent study conducted by professors at MIT and Northwestern University helps shed some light as to...

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COVID-19 and California’s Central Valley
Isabelle Yen. 06/30/2020

COVID-19 and California’s Central Valley

While much of the COVID-related attention in California focuses on the state's densely-populated coastal cities, the inland counties of the Central Valley face their own set of challenges. The impact of ...

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College Towns Empty Out, Leaving Covid Behind. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Gabriel C. Barrett 06/29/2020

Welcome to the first blog post of Living Wage Local Spotlights: Coronavirus Edition. By Examining towns, cities, and counties across the country, we are chronicling the many ways communities respond to the ongoing Pandemic. The Living Wage Local...

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Regional Network to Support COVID Recovery
Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 06/27/2020

As a research lab, we are monitoring the nation’s continuing medical emergency resulting from the Pandemic. Our around the clock efforts focus on identifying states and communities, local governments and institutions of greatest vulnerability ...

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