issue Families

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.

Photo credit: Yuttana Contributor Studio/shutterstock.com

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.

Featured Research

post

New evidence suggests that receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program facilitates work in the long run

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
post

What the minimum wage can tell us about the future of the U.S. child care system

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
post

Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of the 2021 enhanced Child Tax Credit

FamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
post

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

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
report

The child care economy

Families
Vision 2020

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

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor

Explore Content in Families969

Reset
post

The importance of neighborhoods and intergenerational economic inequality in the United States

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
post

New research shows the importance of worker power for addressing U.S. wage inequality

LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Testimony by Michelle Holder before the Joint Economic Committee

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
Equitable Recovery

Dispatch from EconCon 2021: Addressing racial and gender stratification in the U.S. economy is key to an equitable and sustainable recovery

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Equitable Growth scholars highlight the need for broad investment in U.S. social infrastructure

FamiliesLabor
post

Evidence shows that now is the time to invest in U.S. workers and their families

FamiliesLabor
post

New study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows schedule stability supports U.S. workers and the broader economy

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
post

Equitable Growth welcomes two new Dissertation Scholars for 2021–22 academic year

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
Equitable Recovery

A cost-benefit analysis of The American Families Plan’s proposed investment in a nationwide public preschool program

FamiliesInequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
post

Congressional investments in social infrastructure would support immediate and long-term U.S. economic growth

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
post

Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of income support programs

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of early care and education

FamiliesInequality & Mobility

Book

Finding Time

The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

By Heather Boushey

Read More

Experts on the issue

Grantee

Shayak Sarkar

University of California, Davis

Learn More
Grantee

Hazhir Rahmandad

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Learn More
Grantee

Kristin Smith

Dartmouth College

Learn More
Grantee

Yana Gallen

University of Chicago

Learn More
Grantee

Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

Learn More
Connect with us!

Explore the Equitable Growth network of experts around the country and get answers to today's most pressing questions!

Get in Touch