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 Families952

Reset
post

Respiratory health disparities in the United States and their economic repercussions

Families
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Health
post

Work and Family Researchers Network’s latest conference focuses on transparent, evidence-based family economic security research

FamiliesLabor
post

California’s paid family leave policy is decreasing nursing home use and saving Medicaid dollars

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLaborTax & Macroeconomics
post

Modernizing U.S. work scheduling standards for 21st century families

FamiliesLabor
post

Modernizing U.S. paid family leave for 21st century families

FamiliesLabor
post

A look at the motherhood wage gap on Mother’s Equal Pay Day

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
post

Issue Brief: Household insecurity matters for U.S. macroeconomic stability

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityFamilies
report

Household insecurity matters for U.S. macroeconomic stability

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityFamilies
working paper

Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income

Families
post

Equal access to a good education is not just about sound school budgets

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Work requirements for U.S. public assistance programs don’t work

FamiliesLabor
post

The evolution of charter school quality in Texas

Families
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: K-12

Book

Finding Time

The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

By Heather Boushey

Read More

Experts on the issue

Grantee

Shayak Sarkar

University of California, Davis

Learn More
Guest Author

Dania Francis

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Learn More
Grantee

Kristin Smith

Dartmouth College

Learn More
Grantee

Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

Learn More
Grantee

Aaron Sojourner

Upjohn Institute

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