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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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Two and a half decades: Still waiting for change

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How economic inequality affects children’s outcomes

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Economic insecurity rises around childbirth, explained in four charts

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Having a child comes with significant financial consequences

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The dynamics of household economic circumstances around a birth

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Nothing left to lose? Changes experienced by Detroit low- and moderate-income households during the Great Recession

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Working by the hour: The economic consequences of unpredictable scheduling practices

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The employment effects of a much higher U.S. federal minimum wage: Lessons from other rich countries

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How other nations handle student debt and what the United States could learn from them

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The effect of government cash assistance on household credit access and use

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Understanding employer provision of paid parental leave in NY, CT, and PA

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Gender gap or parenthood gaps? The contribution of parenthood to the gender wage gap, 1983-2013

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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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