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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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
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The State of American Retirement Savings: How the shift to 401(k)s has increased gaps in retirement preparedness based on income, race, ethnicity, education, and marital status
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Social Security expansion would likely bolster, not hurt, economic growth
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EPI comments on changing the consumer price index used to update the poverty threshold
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Nevada state government has fiscal challenges–but granting state employees the right to bargain collectively does not add to them
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Social Security trustees report shows modest improvement in financial outlook
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Cleaning up administrative records or targeting immigrants?
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EPI comments regarding SNAP work requirements
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Nevada state employee fact sheet
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EPI comments regarding Regulation Best Interest
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Why is wealthy Westport trying to gut police pensions?
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Social Security trustees report shows why we should expand the program—not look for excuses to cut it
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Social Security is looking like a pretty good investment these days
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The SEC’s “Regulation Best Interest” is in the best interest of Wall Street, not retirement savers and other investors