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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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Paid Family and Medical Leave in the United States: A Research Agenda

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Gerrymandered school districts perpetuate segregation by keeping low-income students out, which is bad for economic growth

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Closing the homework gap: Why accessibility to high-quality broadband matters to U.S. schoolchildren

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Consequences of Routine Work Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Wellbeing

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Let’s not waste bipartisan support for paid family leave in Congress

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Universal childcare’s benefits might cover much of its costs

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Understanding the link between bodily autonomy and economic opportunity across the United States

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Rethinking 20th century policies to support 21st century families

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Using IRS tax data to measure the long-term effects of California’s 2004 Paid Family Leave Act

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Consumer protection law and mortgage markets

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Economic impacts of mentoring for disadvantaged youth: RCT evidence

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Income-specific consumption baskets and the interaction between inequality and monetary policy

FamiliesTax & Macroeconomics

Book

Finding Time

The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

By Heather Boushey

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Experts on the issue

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Shayak Sarkar

University of California, Davis

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Dania Francis

University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Kristin Smith

Dartmouth College

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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Aaron Sojourner

Upjohn Institute

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