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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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Seminar Series: Fatal Overdoses – Deaths of Despair or Drug Problems? (Invitation only)

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Why, despite post-racial rhetoric, do racial health disparities increase at higher income levels?

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Post-racial rhetoric, racial health disparities, and health disparity consequences of stigma, stress, and racism

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Boushey testifies before congressional forum

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There is more to equal access to a good education than sound school budgets

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Has the momentum around paid leave reached a tipping point in the United States?

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Why current definitions of family income are misleading, and why this matters for measures of inequality

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Toward a unified measure of U.S. housing insecurity

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Roadmap to a unified measure of housing insecurity

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The optimal design of parental leave policies and gender equality: mismatch of skills across genders

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The impact of paid maternity leave: evidence from temporary disability insurance in Rhode Island

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Equity, efficiency and education spending in the United States

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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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Shayak Sarkar

University of California, Davis

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Dania Francis

University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Kristin Smith

Dartmouth College

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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Aaron Sojourner

Upjohn Institute

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