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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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Garnering economic security is complicated for young families

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Preparing for retirement when there’s a savings glut

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Across races, women bolster family economic security

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Student loans and the labor market: Evidence from merit aid programs

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College and intergenerational mobility: New evidence from administrative data

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Student loans: vehicle of opportunity or trojan horse?

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Inequality of economic precarity and uncertainty and family formation and instability

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Financial innovation to reduce inequality and promote equitable growth

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Inequality at home: The evolution of class-based gaps in young children’s home environments and pre-school age skills from 1986 to 2012

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The impact of need-based financial aid reform on the decision to attend college

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School finance reform and educational equity

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Women have made the difference for family economic security

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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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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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