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Ahead of new U.S. jobs data releases, here’s what employment growth and job switching mean for wage disparities in the U.S. labor market

By Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023

Carmen Sanchez Cumming,
LaborInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 4
Bargaining Power, Economic Mobility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage
TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Mobility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage
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Equitable Growth delivers letter responding to the NTIA’s Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Request for Comment

By Kathryn Zickuhr,

March 6, 2023

March 6, 2023

Kathryn Zickuhr,
Labor
TOPICS: 4
AI, tech, & the economy, Bargaining Power, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Bargaining Power, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation
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Access to paid family leave improves U.S. women’s labor market outcomes following a spouse’s health shock

By Courtney C. Coile, Maya Rossin-Slater, Amanda Su,

March 6, 2023

March 6, 2023

Courtney C. Coile, Maya Rossin-Slater, Amanda Su,
Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 2
Gender, Paid Leave
TOPICS: Gender, Paid Leave
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Data infrastructure and tribal sovereignty can help break down barriers for Native Americans to build wealth

By Raksha Kopparam,

March 2, 2023

March 2, 2023

Raksha Kopparam,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 3
GDP 2.0, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: GDP 2.0, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity
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Examining the history of the U.S. racial wealth divide shows stagnating progress on closing these disparities

By Kreg Steven Brown,

February 24, 2023

February 24, 2023

Kreg Steven Brown,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 3
Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Race & Ethnicity
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Fair competition in the U.S. labor market is threatened by more than the noncompete clauses targeted by new Federal Trade Commission rule

By Peter Norlander,

February 23, 2023

February 23, 2023

Peter Norlander,
Labor
TOPICS: 1
Job Mobility
TOPICS: Job Mobility
Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to strengthen U.S. income support programs and support research about them

By Equitable Growth,

February 22, 2023

February 22, 2023

Equitable Growth,
Labor
TOPICS: 2
Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance
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Beauty products for women of color and femme-identifying people of color perpetuate U.S. health and other socioeconomic inequalities

By Beaumont Taylor Morton,

February 16, 2023

February 16, 2023

Beaumont Taylor Morton,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 5
Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Gender, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Gender, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity
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Climate policy has potential to spur economic growth and ensure a competitive U.S. economy

By Equitable Growth,

February 9, 2023

February 9, 2023

Equitable Growth,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 1
Economic Inequality
TOPICS: Economic Inequality
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