Topic Health

As economic inequality in the United States has grown, so have inequalities in health and physical wellbeing. Growing disparities in major indicators of public health from mortality, and morbidity to maternal health, and low-birth weight to lead poisonings track economic inequality. Equitable Growth’s work touches on health and economic wellbeing for communities, families, and individuals, and includes a range of health-related topics, including intergenerational mobility, paid family and medical leave, scheduling stability, and includes a growing community of scholars working on the social indicators of health and their relationship to economic wellbeing.

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The Rise of Populism

The political implications of bad jobs and the decline of unions

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Equitable Growth hosts Econ 101 virtual event on how U.S. social insurance programs boost economic mobility

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Medicaid and SNAP cuts in congressional Republicans’ budget bill will negatively impact local economies

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Unions in the United States improve worker safety and lower health inequality

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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Equitable Recovery

Factsheet: What does the research say about care infrastructure?

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Getting the information we need to advance the conversation on paid leave in the United States

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Paid Family and Medical Leave in the United States: A Research Agenda

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Consequences of Routine Work Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Wellbeing

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Understanding the link between bodily autonomy and economic opportunity across the United States

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TOPICS: Health, Job Mobility
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Seminar Series: Do TRAP Laws Trap Women into Bad Jobs? (Invitation only)

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
TOPICS: Gender, Health
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Respiratory health disparities in the United States and their economic repercussions

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

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Seminar Series: Inequality in Mortality—A Comparison of the U.S., Canada, and France (Invitation only)

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TOPICS: Health
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The opioid crisis: A consequence of U.S. economic decline?

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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The unequal economic consequences of bad health

Families
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Health
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Medicaid’s financial benefits are larger than previously thought

Families
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Health
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Seminar Series: Fatal Overdoses – Deaths of Despair or Drug Problems? (Invitation only)

Families
TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Health
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