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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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Enhanced Child Tax Credit helped U.S. families afford life-enhancing necessities and cope with inflation

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Spending Responses to the Child Tax Credit Expansions

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

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

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

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

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

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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

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

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

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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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Finding Time

The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

By Heather Boushey

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Experts on the issue

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Rodney Andrews

University of Texas at Dallas

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Gonçalo Costa

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Ph.D. candidate

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Javier Cravino

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Marta Murray-Close

U.S. Census Bureau

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Erin Kelly

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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