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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How new job search technologies are affecting the U.S. labor market

LaborInequality & Mobility
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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2021 Edition

LaborInequality & Mobility
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Six charts that explain how inequality in the United States changed over the past 20 years

Inequality & Mobility
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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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How a large employer’s low-road practices harm local labor markets: The impact of Walmart Supercenters

Labor
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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

Inequality & Mobility
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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

FamiliesLabor
TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave
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Equitable Growth’s new efforts to foster more diversity in grantmaking and new pathways for scholars in the economics profession

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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Understanding how U.S. workers can benefit from workplace automation and artificial intelligence

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Fostering academic research on U.S. economic impact payments that goes beyond the marginal propensity to consume

FamiliesTax & Macroeconomics