Publications by Erin Coghlan
What Really Caused the Great Recession?
September 19, 2018 • Policy Brief • By Erin Coghlan, Lisa McCorkell and Sara Hinkley
The Great Recession devastated local labor markets and the national economy. Ten years later, Berkeley researchers are finding many of the same red flags blamed for the crisis: banks making…
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Update: California Expansion, Federal Inaction
June 20, 2018 • Policy Brief • By Erin Coghlan and Sara Hinkley
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is now the primary anti-poverty program in the U.S., but it has not kept up with wage stagnation. Berkeley faculty recently proposed an increase…
State Policy Strategies for Narrowing the Gender Wage Gap
April 10, 2018 • Policy Brief • By Erin Coghlan and Sara Hinkley
#MeToo and #TimesUp protests about the treatment of women in the workplace have brought renewed attention to gender pay equity. This brief looks at three legislative solutions that aim to…