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 Families949

Reset
report

Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?

CompetitionLaborTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
post

Equitable Growth hosts State of the Union press briefing with leading U.S. economists

LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
post

The state of the U.S. labor market 4 years after the start of the COVID-19 recession

LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union address, the U.S. economy is strong

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Equitable Growth’s recent ‘Econ 101’ assessed the state of the U.S. economy and recovery for Capitol Hill staff

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
report

Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

CompetitionLaborTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
post

Sameera Fazili and Mary Beth Maxwell join Equitable Growth’s Board of Directors

CompetitionFamiliesInequality & MobilityLaborTax & Macroeconomics
post

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

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
working paper

The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
post

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

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
post

What recent research says about the benefits of labor strikes and growing worker power for broader U.S. economic growth

LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
grant

Tracking Hospital Mergers and Understanding Which Markets are Changing

CompetitionFamilies

Book

Finding Time

The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

By Heather Boushey

Read More

Experts on the issue

Grantee

Jane Waldfogel

Columbia University

Learn More
Grantee

Tridevi Chakma

Harvard University

Learn More
Grantee

Manasi Deshpande

University of Chicago

Learn More
Grantee

Elizabeth Davis

University of Minnesota

Learn More
Scholar

Robert Lynch

Washington College

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