Value Added – A blog
Our blog is the place where our staff and guest bloggers present clear, fact-based posts that make the connections between economic inequality and growth for the broad policy community and journalists based on the latest academic research.
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Six charts that explain how inequality in the United States changed over the past 20 years
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Austin Clemens,
February 1, 2022
February 1, 2022
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How a large employer’s low-road practices harm local labor markets: The impact of Walmart Supercenters
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Kate Bahn,
January 28, 2022
January 28, 2022
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The U.S. economy is in its fourth decade of rising inequality amid the need for more accurate data on its consequences
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Austin Clemens,
January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022
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Paid sick time and paid family and medical leave support workers in different ways and are both good for the broader U.S. economy
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Alix Gould-Werth,
January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022
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Equitable Growth’s new efforts to foster more diversity in grantmaking and new pathways for scholars in the economics profession
January 19, 2022
January 19, 2022
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Understanding how U.S. workers can benefit from workplace automation and artificial intelligence
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Byron Auguste,
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022
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Fostering academic research on U.S. economic impact payments that goes beyond the marginal propensity to consume
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Karen Dynan,
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022
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Expert Focus: Advancing the frontier of economic data creation and measurement
January 13, 2022
January 13, 2022