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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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The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Improving U.S. Educational Outcomes

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What have we learned about the ACA over the last year?

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President Obama’s “middle-class economics”

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Is higher education the answer to reducing income inequality?

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Untying the knot?

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What’s happening to married mothers in the workforce?

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Nutrition, pregnancy, and long-run labor market outcomes

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The changing dynamics of economic inequality and for-profit universities

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The evolution of class-based gaps in young children’s home environments

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Can text messages boost child literacy?

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Veterans, for-profit higher education, and economic outcomes

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Learning from the variation in the effectiveness of Head Start

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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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