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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 coronavirus pandemic requires a wartime commitment for essential workers’ access to childcare

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Two significant U.S. macroeconomic needs to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic

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Rescuing small businesses to fight the coronavirus recession and prevent further economic inequality in the United States

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The three ways fiscal policy can be used to fight COVID-19 and the coronavirus recession

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U.S. economic policy principles for confronting the coronavirus recession

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An SEIR Infectious Disease Model with Testing and Conditional Quarantine

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How the coronavirus pandemic is harming family well-being for U.S. low-wage workers

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Getting money urgently to low-wage U.S. workers

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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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