blog post Californians Are Pessimistic about Economic Times Ahead By Dean Bonner, Sarah Bohn Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023 ... Despite good news about jobs and wages in 2022, over the long run, income growth among top earners has dwarfed that of the lowest earners.
blog post Test Scores Show Six-Year Setback for California Students By Darriya Starr, Emmanuel Prunty, Joseph Herrera, Iwunze Ugo Dec 14, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 ... Math proficiency often started lower and suffered greater losses across demographic groups. Math proficiency among low-income students decreased ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... These changes are posing widespread challenges for our businesses, communities, and ecosystems—and often hitting low-income residents the ...
blog post Testimony: Enrollment Declines in California Community Colleges By Olga Rodriguez Nov 14, 2022 Nov 14, 2022 ... CCCs enroll most of the state's undergraduates, including large shares of Latino, Black, low-income, and other Californians who are ...
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Nov 9, 2022 Lower-income Californians are also facing high housing costs, while upper-income Californians have recently experienced setbacks in the financial markets.
blog post Inflation Squeezes Californians’ Budgets, despite Wage Growth By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Nov 3, 2022 Nov 3, 2022 ... Price hikes in energy have been stark since September 2020; in the year prior to that, energy and gas prices had actually declined. Lower-income ...
Fact Sheet Poverty in California By Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon, Sarah Bohn Oct 24, 2022 Oct 26, 2022 ... The rate of Californians who were near poor (with resources up to one ... federal Earned Income Tax Credit lowered poverty by 1.1 points.
Explainer Making Sense of California’s Economy By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune, Vicki Hsieh Oct 24, 2022 However, a recent rise in Black unemployment (from a low of 6.5% in the first ... Sky-high housing costs have left many—especially younger, lower-income, ...
blog post What’s Ahead for Education Recovery in California? By Niu Gao, Julian Betts, Bruce Fuller, Laura Hill Oct 20, 2022 Oct 20, 2022 ... ... that the pandemic caused major disruptions to student learning, with especially large effects on Black, Latino, and low-income students.
blog post Testimony: The Role of State Tax Credits in Helping Low-Income Families By Caroline Danielson Oct 3, 2022 Oct 3, 2022 ... For a hearing of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, PPIC's Caroline Danielson discussed how the California Earned Income Tax ...