Economic Wellbeing Archives - Equitable Growth

Competition
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Anticompetitive Conduct
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Concentration
Families
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how unequal access to care, 21st century work-life policies, and education undermines stable, broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Childcare & Early Education
- Economic Wellbeing
- Health
- K-12
- Post-secondary Education
Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how trends in economic inequality and mobility and changes in the economy have affected the concentration of wealth, income, and earnings, and how these distributional shifts have affected the promise of economic security and opportunity. More
- Topics:
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Mobility
- Economics of Place
- GDP 2.0
- Gender
- Income & Earnings Volatility
- Poverty
- Race & Ethnicity
Labor
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- AI, tech, & the economy
- Bargaining Power
- Job Mobility
- Minimum Wage
- Monopsony
- Paid Leave
- Pay Equity
- Schedule Stability
- Unemployment Insurance
- Wage Stagnation
Tax & Macroeconomics
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Business Taxation
- Climate
- Credit & Debt
- Fiscal Policy
- Individual Taxation
- Monetary Policy
- Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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

By Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon,

February 2, 2026

February 2, 2026

Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon,

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TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing

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

By Megan Rivera,

December 2, 2025

December 2, 2025

Megan Rivera,

Families Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Poverty

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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

By Megan Rivera, Christopher Bangert-Drowns,

August 28, 2025

August 28, 2025

Megan Rivera, Christopher Bangert-Drowns,

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TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing

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

By Alix Gould-Werth, Sam Abbott, Emilie Openchowski,

January 26, 2023

January 26, 2023

Alix Gould-Werth, Sam Abbott, Emilie Openchowski,

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TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Wellbeing, Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance

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The economic impact of housing insecurity in the United States

By Shailly Gupta Barnes,

December 8, 2022

December 8, 2022

Shailly Gupta Barnes,

Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity

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

By Daniel Acland,

November 13, 2025

November 13, 2025

Daniel Acland,

Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, GDP 2.0

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Americans informed about the distributional effects of Republicans’ tax and budget bill overwhelmingly oppose it

By Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

July 3, 2025

July 3, 2025

Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It

By Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025

Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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Congressional Republicans’ budget bill is the most regressive in at least 40 years

By Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025

Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Business Taxation, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Individual Taxation, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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Medicaid and SNAP cuts in congressional Republicans’ budget bill will negatively impact local economies

By Robert Manduca,

June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025

Robert Manduca,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Poverty, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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Financial and Transfer Income as Components of the Regional Economic Base

By Robert Manduca,

June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025

Robert Manduca,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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The hidden trade-offs of nonwage job amenities for U.S. workers

By Alex Bell,

June 10, 2025

June 10, 2025

Alex Bell,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Health, Paid Leave, Schedule Stability

The Rise of Populism

The political implications of bad jobs and the decline of unions

By Adam Dean, Jamie McCallum,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Adam Dean, Jamie McCallum,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Health

The Rise of Populism

More accurately measuring economic sentiment will help build a U.S. economy—and democracy—that works for all

By Jonathan Cohen, Katherine Cramer,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Jonathan Cohen, Katherine Cramer,

Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, GDP 2.0

The Rise of Populism

Housing insecurity and U.S. economic policies: Lessons from tenant organizing

By Jamila Michener,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Jamila Michener,

Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing

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Tariffs pose real risks to the U.S. labor market

By Kevin Rinz,

May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

Kevin Rinz,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Wage Stagnation

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Improving economic outcomes for single mothers and their children across the United States

By Megan Rivera,

April 16, 2025

April 16, 2025

Megan Rivera,

Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Poverty

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Request for Proposals: The economic effects of the Inflation Reduction Act

By Equitable Growth,

April 2, 2025

April 2, 2025

Equitable Growth,

Labor Competition Tax & Macroeconomics Families Inequality & Mobility

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