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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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How U.S. workers’ just-in-time schedules perpetuate racial and ethnic inequality

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School segregation undermines U.S. economic mobility and dynamism

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U.S. school segregation in the 21st century

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Public investment is crucial to strengthening U.S. economic growth and tackling inequality

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Testimony by Heather Boushey before the House Budget Committee

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Public policy and opioid drug abuse: Investigating the effects of paid family and medical leave and Medicaid

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Understanding the effects of California’s paid family and medical leave law on inequality in labor market outcomes for older adults

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Newly released U.S. poverty statistics show that recent economic growth is not broadly shared

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Scheduling strategies for warehouse work

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Work as an option: Effects of unpredictable and unstable schedules on earnings, mobility, and skills

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Regulating the care boom: Labor standards and in-home care work in three U.S. cities

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Examining the relationship between caregiving and work productivity loss among employed family caregivers of older adults

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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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