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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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How does early childhood care and education affect U.S. families and workers, and which policies support child participation and boost the quality of care?

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A review of the state of child care in the United States

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Can remote work attenuate mothers’ mobility constraints in the U.S. labor force?

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Why federal food assistance became politically polarizing—and what to do about it

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Factsheet: What we know about the federal employer-provided child care credit and how can it be better used by businesses

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination

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Equitable Growth delivers economist sign-on letter and comment letter to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on its Proposed Revisions to Circular A-4, Regulatory Analysis

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Paid sick leave means dads can spend more time caring for loved ones and less time worrying about missing work

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The Impact of Austerity on Gender Inequality in Time Allocation in the United States

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Wealth as a driver of income and consumption mobility in the United States

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Intergenerational Mobility using Income, Consumption, and Wealth

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Food assistance can disrupt intergenerational poverty in the United States, promoting racial economic equity

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The Effectiveness of the Food Stamp Program at Reducing Differences in the Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty

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Child care prices, inflation, and the end of federal pandemic-era aid in five charts

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Fitting the Bill? The First Federal Paid Leave Mandate

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Who Cares? Paid Sick Leave Mandates, Care-Giving, and Gender

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Police in public schools harm students, leading to far-reaching socioeconomic inequalities alongside less safe schools

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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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Trevon Logan

Ohio State University

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Jessica H. Brown

University of South Carolina

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Daniel Schneider

Harvard University

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Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

Columbia University

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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