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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 consequences of higher labor standards in full service restaurants: A comparative case study of San Francisco and the Research Triangle in North Carolina

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Carbon inequities, climate change, and complementary solutions

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How the student debt crisis affects African Americans and Latinos

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Paid leave is good for our families and our economy

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Like grandmother, like granddaughter: Education doesn’t change

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What explains the rise in college tuition in the United States?

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The Earned Income Tax Credit

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Counterfactuals, quality, and the effects of prekindergarten

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The benefits and costs of investing in early childhood education

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A snapshot of the long-term impacts of universal pre-k in New Hampshire

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A snapshot of the long-term impacts of universal pre-k in Florida

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A snapshot of the long-term impacts of universal pre-k in Minnesota

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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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