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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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Falling behind the rest of the world: Childcare in the United States

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Valuing alternative work arrangements

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Failing to invest in young kids is damaging the U.S. economy

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Are we better off than our parents?

The data that underscores the fading “American dream”

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Seminar Series: Inequality in 3D—Income, Consumption, and Wealth (Invitation Only)

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On-call job, on-call family: The necessity of family support among retail workers with unstable work schedules

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Delivering equitable growth: strategies for the next Administration

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Expand Social Security

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Confronting neighborhood segregation

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Addressing income volatility in the United States: flexible policy solutions for changing economic circumstances

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Geography of economic inequality

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Shared responsibility mortgages

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Book

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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Dania Francis

University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Kristin Smith

Dartmouth College

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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Aaron Sojourner

Upjohn Institute

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