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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.

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Just as investment in physical capital is an important driver of economic growth, investment in human capital is key to the health of the economy as a whole, as well as family wellbeing. Equitable Growth supports research to better understand how unequal access to supportive environments, quality education, and other human capital development opportunities not only drives unequal outcomes for families but also undermines future economic growth.

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New evidence suggests that receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program facilitates work in the long run

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What the minimum wage can tell us about the future of the U.S. child care system

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of the 2021 enhanced Child Tax Credit

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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The child care economy

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Promote economic and racial justice: Eliminate student loan debt and establish a right to higher education across the United States

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In Conversation with Mishaela Durán

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The Highway to Displacement: Interstate 10 and Black Communities in New Orleans

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Big Daycare: The Impact of Private Equity-Owned Child Care Businesses on the Market for Early Care and Education

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COVID-19 Relief Funding and the Child Care Workforce

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The Effect of Wealth on Descendants of the Enslaved

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The Effects of Participating in Multiple Safety Net Programs on Family Well-Being

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Evaluating the Impact of the 2021 CDCTC Expansion on Women’s Labor Supply and Childcare Utilization

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New federal heat standard will protect U.S. workers from the ill effects of high temperatures amid intensifying climate change

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In Conversation with Natalie Foster

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Equitable Growth receives funding to advance women’s power, gender equality, and care economy

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Measuring psychological burdens in access to U.S. social programs

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Enhanced Child Tax Credit helped U.S. families afford life-enhancing necessities and cope with inflation

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Book

Finding Time

The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

By Heather Boushey

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Experts on the issue

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Elizabeth Davis

University of Minnesota

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John Schmitt

Economic Policy Institute

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Julia Henly

University of Chicago

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Luigi Pistaferri

Stanford University

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Former Steering Committee

Janet Currie

Princeton University

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