Rebekah Paxton

Research Director

Rebekah Paxton serves as Research Director for the Employment Policies Institute. Rebekah leads data and policy analysis surrounding the economic impacts of minimum wage hikes. Her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fox News, and the Washington Times. Prior to EPI, Rebekah worked as a research analyst at the Pioneer Institute, a Massachusetts-based think tank nonprofit. She holds advanced degrees from Boston University in Economics and Political Science.

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