Topic Economics of Place

How an individual or family experiences economic gains and losses can differ dramatically depending on where one lives—one’s geographic place in the United States. Economic mobility, economic growth, business dynamism, job opportunities, and other measures of economic prosperity can vary dramatically across different regions and communities. Equitable Growth seeks to better understand the reasons for these variations and explores what can be done to ensure that all Americans feel the benefits of economic growth regardless of where they call home.

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The Rise of Populism

A place-based economic development strategy to foster rural U.S. prosperity

Inequality & Mobility
The Rise of Populism

Federal and state governments can help solve the employment problems of people in distressed places to spur equitable growth

Inequality & Mobility
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Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?

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The inequitable consequences of ‘heat islands’ within the metropolitan areas of the United States and what to do about it

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Is moving to a new place key to upward mobility for U.S. workers and their families?

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In Conversation

In Conversation with Raj Chetty

Inequality & Mobility

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Coronavirus Recession

U.S. Census Day 2020: The history and the challenges amid the coronavirus recession

Inequality & Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

In joint letter, Equitable Growth asks Congress to ‘stanch economic bleeding’ in COVID-19 legislative package

Tax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
Coronavirus Recession

The only thing better than strengthening federal social supports now to prevent a coronavirus recession is strengthening them forever

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
Coronavirus Recession

The U.S. economy is in a tailspin—policymakers must do everything they can to protect workers and their families

Inequality & MobilityTax & MacroeconomicsLabor
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The never-ending cycle: Incarceration, credit scores, and wealth accumulation in the United States

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityFamilies
Vision 2020

Improved public school teaching of racial oppression could enable U.S. society to grasp the roots and effects of racial and economic inequality

Inequality & Mobility
Vision 2020

Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation

LaborInequality & Mobility
Vision 2020

International trade policy that works for U.S. workers

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityLabor
Vision 2020

Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
Vision 2020

Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers

LaborFamiliesInequality & Mobility
Vision 2020

Fighting the next recession in the United States with law and regulation, not just fiscal and monetary policies

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Vision 2020

Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States

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