The EPI is interested in research proposals that focus on factors that affect entry level employment. EPI is specifically interested in the following topics:

  • Employer Mandates in the Healthcare Market
  • Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Minimum Wage Increases
  • Labor Market Achievement Gap Between Black and White Teenagers
  • Labor-Labor Substitution Due To Federal/State Wage Mandates
  • Societal Impacts (Crime, etc.) of Long-Term Unemployment
  • Postmortem Evaluation of Federal/State Minimum Wage Increases

See the following link for more information:

http://epionline.org/RFP071.cfm?CFID=594857&CFTOKEN=42061000