Areas of expertise
Retirement security • Labor markets • Financial markets
Biography
Monique Morrissey joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2006. Her areas of interest include Social Security, pensions and other employee benefits, household savings, tax expenditures, older workers, public employees, unions, and collective bargaining, Medicare, institutional investors, corporate governance, executive compensation, financial markets, and the Federal Reserve. She is active in coalition efforts to reform our private retirement system to ensure an adequate, secure, and affordable retirement for all workers. She is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Prior to joining EPI, Morrissey worked at the AFL-CIO Office of Investment and the Financial Markets Center.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, American University
B.A., Political Science and History, Swarthmore College
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The U.S. benefits from immigration but policy reforms needed to maximize gains: Recommendations and a review of key issues to ensure fair wages and labor standards for all workers
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The public-sector pay gap is widening. Unions help shrink it.
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Nursing home owners are pushing Congress to block a new minimum staffing rule
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Recapping a great week for workers
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Statement for the record for U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the retirement crisis
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EPI comments on DOL’s Retirement Security Rule — Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary
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Biden administration moves to protect vulnerable nursing home residents and workers
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EPI comments on CMS’s proposed rule on minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities
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Many older workers have difficult jobs that put them at risk: Working longer is not a viable solution to the retirement crisis
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The Older Workers and Retirement Chartbook
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Chapter 1. Older workers
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Chapter 2. Retirement
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Chapter 3. Risk
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Risk sharing in a voluntary retirement plan
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Unions can reduce the public-sector pay gap: Collective bargaining rights and local government workers
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Building a Better Labor Market and Empowering Older Workers for a Stronger Economy: Testimony before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Hearing
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The Post Office at a crossroads
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Unions can reduce the public-sector pay gap: Collective bargaining rights and local government workers
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Congress should think big about the Postal Service’s future: Policymakers should focus on rebuilding the Postal Service after the Trump years
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The war against the Postal Service: Postal services should be expanded for the public good, not diminished by special interests
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Older workers are voting with an eye on the economy
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Debunking the specious claims underlying Missouri’s anti–collective bargaining law
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EPI comment on DOL Bad Advice Rule
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Trump’s war on the Postal Service helps corporate rivals at the expense of working families
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Older workers and COVID-19: The harsh economic realities
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A coronavirus recovery: How to ensure older workers fully participate
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Relief efforts need to do more to protect older workers in a coronavirus economic shutdown
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The Trump budget doesn’t spare seniors
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How are Virginia public-sector workers faring?: State and local government workers in Virginia are underpaid compared with private-sector workers in the state
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Steady contributions, affordability, and lifetime income are the building blocks of a retirement system that works for working families: Expanding Social Security is the most important step