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

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

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

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

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
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The child care economy

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Vision 2020

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

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor

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Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
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Congressional Republicans’ budget bill is the most regressive in at least 40 years

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityFamilies
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Medicaid and SNAP cuts in congressional Republicans’ budget bill will negatively impact local economies

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
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Financial and Transfer Income as Components of the Regional Economic Base

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
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The hidden trade-offs of nonwage job amenities for U.S. workers

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
The Rise of Populism

More accurately measuring economic sentiment will help build a U.S. economy—and democracy—that works for all

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
The Rise of Populism

Housing insecurity and U.S. economic policies: Lessons from tenant organizing

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
The Rise of Populism

The political implications of bad jobs and the decline of unions

LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
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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

FamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
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Improving economic outcomes for single mothers and their children across the United States

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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Request for Proposals: The economic effects of the Inflation Reduction Act

LaborCompetitionTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
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Do not abandon the care agenda

FamiliesLabor

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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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Heidi Williams

Dartmouth College

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Andrei Levchenko

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Katherine Magnuson

University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Zachary Parolin

Columbia University

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Kristen Harknett

University of California, San Francisco

Associate Professor of Sociology

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