The Employment Policies Institute focuses on labor issues and, especially, the debate over the minimum and living wages. Its studies nearly all conclude that raising the minimum wage would be detrimental to low-income workers and to the economy generally. The group further maintains that the “living wage campaign” amounts to “an organized effort to force employees to inject a welfare mentality into the workplace.” The name and acronym of the group are very similar to those of the much older, more liberal Economic Policy Institute, but its ideology couldn’t be more different.
The Employment Policy Institute’s publications are fully searchable, though new publications appear somewhat infrequently.
Comments: The EPI’s conclusions are consistently sympathetic to business interests.
Political Leanings: Conservative