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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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Vision 2020

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

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Short and medium run impacts of preschool education: Evidence from state pre-k programs

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Marriage is an unexpected fringe benefit of a quality job in the United States: Food for thought this holiday shopping season

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Job quality and the educational gradient in entry into marriage and cohabitation

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In Conversation

In conversation with Hilary Hoynes

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Equitable Growth releases 2019 Request for Proposals

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Getting the information we need to advance the conversation on paid leave in the United States

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What upticks in U.S. economic inequality and incarceration mean for marriage

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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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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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Hazhir Rahmandad

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Kristin Smith

Dartmouth College

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Yana Gallen

University of Chicago

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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