Ben Zipperer
Ben Zipperer

Former Washington Center for Equitable Growth Research Economist

Economic Policy Institute

Ben Zipperer was a Research Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. His research focused on the minimum wage and other labor standards, measuring how specific labor market policies affect the income distribution, productivity, and employment. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Georgia.

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Inequality & MobilityLabor
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African American workers are hurt more by the decline in union and manufacturing jobs

LaborInequality & Mobility
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Pooling multiple case studies using synthetic controls: An application to minimum wage policies

Labor
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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History shows why New Hampshire has room for higher minimum wages

Labor
TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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U.S. job growth slows in January, as the nation remains years away from full employment

Labor
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El Niño adds to U.S. job growth in December

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What’s aging got to do with the U.S. labor market recovery?

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
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The U.S. labor market and the health of workers

FamiliesLabor
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TOPICS: Health
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Where is the U.S. labor market recovery for prime-age workers?

Labor
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Comments on proposed U.S. overtime regulation

LaborFamilies
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Puerto Rico’s predicaments: Is its minimum wage the culprit?

Labor
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Bolstering the bottom by indexing the minimum wage to the median wage

Labor
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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How raising the minimum wage ripples through the workforce

Labor
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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State-by-state minimum to median wage ratios

Labor
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Designing a research agenda to move the minimum wage forward

Labor
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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