Families Economic Wellbeing
Topic Economic Wellbeing

Economic policy often focuses on metrics of economic growth, such as GDP, that don’t capture the many other ways policies impact the wellbeing of communities, families, and individuals across the country. Equitable Growth highlights relevant, cross-cutting work that enhances our understanding of how economic policy impacts not just economic growth but also families’ wellbeing.

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Why federal food assistance became politically polarizing—and what to do about it

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U.S. social insurance programs support workers and economic growth

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States can support children and their economies using direct cash assistance from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program

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What is social infrastructure, and how does it support economic growth in the United States?

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The economic impact of housing insecurity in the United States

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Distributional weighting in benefit-cost analysis is practical and effective at assessing government rulemaking without bias against low-income individuals

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers and the Earnings of Young Workers

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Coronavirus Recession

Scholars and advocates say racial disparities and worker power are key to the coronavirus recession and to long-term U.S. economic recovery

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Public investments in education can spur equitable growth, pay for themselves, and create jobs for a stronger economic recovery

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Coronavirus Recession

Factsheet: New study shows that emergency paid sick leave reduced COVID-19 infections in the United States

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The rising number of U.S. households with burdensome student debt calls for a federal response

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Can policymakers reverse the unequal decline in middle-age U.S. homeownership rates?

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Coronavirus Recession

Policy prescriptions for the flawed and unequal retirement savings systems that perpetuate U.S. economic inequality

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The hidden costs of stock-market-first U.S. economic policies

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Wage discrimination and the exploitation of workers in the U.S. labor market

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Equitable Growth announces record $1.07 million in research grants on inequality and broadly shared growth

CompetitionLaborInequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
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The impacts of welfare cuts on well-being during the Great Recession: Evidence from linked U.S. administrative and survey data

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Measuring intergenerational mobility in the United States over the 20th century

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