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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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School-to-Work Pathway and Racial/Ethnic Inequality among College Graduates

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Joint Ventures in Dialysis Care: Improving Coordination or Enabling Market Power?

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Who Weathers the Storm? The Unequal Effects of Hurricanes in the United States

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Voices of Home-Based Providers: Perspectives from the Early Childhood Field

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Which Policies are Effective at Reducing Racial Differences in the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty?

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Income support programs boost earnings for low-wage workers by reducing household poverty in the United States

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Coronavirus disruptions in family caregiving highlight the importance of investments in U.S. care infrastructure and paid leave

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American Sociological Association 2021 conference centered on inequality and structural racism in the U.S. economy and society

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Myths about competition in the global economy harm humanity and our planet

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Weak income support infrastructure harms U.S. workers and their families and constrains economic growth

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NBER Summer Institute 2021 Round-up: Week 3

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Excessive heat harms U.S. workers unequally as the safety risks from climate change soar

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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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