Economic Studies
New Poll from Joint Center Reveals Black Businesses Faced Economic and Resource Challenges Prior to COVID-19 Pandemic
Survey Finds More than 50 Percent of Black Business Owners Faced Lack of Cash Reserves or Cash Flow Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Joint Center for…
Exploring Challenges for Small-Business Owners Across Race
In April and May 2021, the Joint Center surveyed 1,238 small-business owners nationwide — including 383 Black, 452 Latino, and 403 white respondents. Black and Latino respondents were over-represented relative…
Federal Workforce Trainings Programs Frequently Fail to Track Data by Race, Reveals Report from Joint Center
Federal Workforce Trainings Programs Frequently Fail to Track Data by Race, Reveals Report from Joint Center Increasing number of Black workers who transition into good jobs depends on effectiveness of…
Improving Training Evaluation Data to Brighten the Future of Black Workers
This report explores the current state of evaluation in workforce development programs with an eye toward improving outcomes for Black training participants. The report is important because increasing the…
Joint Center President Participates in Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 2020 Virtual Annual Legislative Conference
On September 30, Joint Center President Spencer Overton participated in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 2020 Annual Legislative Conference panel concerning the future of work and COVID-19’s impact on the…
Joint Center Workforce Policy Director Participates in Groundwork Collaborative Twitter Chat
On February 4, 2022, Joint Center Workforce Policy Director Dr. Alex Camardelle participated in Groundwork Collaborative’s Twitter chat on the Bureau of Labor Statistics January Jobs Report. Dr. Camardelle offers…
Poll Results: New Poll from Joint Center Reveals Black Americans Are Deeply Concerned Regarding Direction of the Country, Economy
Below are the results of a survey conducted by GBAO on behalf of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The national multimodal survey of 600 Black American adults…
Joint Center Joins Public Knowledge Panel on ‘How Public Interest Values Shape a Better Internet’
Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined a Public Knowledge webinar entitled “How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet.” The conversation focused on “how public interest values have shaped the…
Improving the Earned Income Tax Credit for Black Workers Without Children
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)-one of the few poverty reduction programs offered through the federal tax code-is also one of the most important poverty reduction programs in the United…
Advancing Equal Protections & Civil Justice in an Automated Society
The Joint Center and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy co-hosted a virtual discussion where panelists explored current and emerging uses of technology that affect the equity…