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Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth.

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Too many workers have been left behind as the benefits of growth increasingly accrue to those at the top of the income and wealth distribution. Equitable Growth supports research to improve our understanding of what is driving these trends, who is affected, and what policies can boost wages for all workers, provide for safe and equitable workplaces, develop pathways for upward mobility, and encourage stronger economic growth and stability.

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Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to strengthen unions and increase worker power in the United States

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Samir Sonti

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

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David S. Pedulla

Harvard University

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Bryan Seegmiller

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Martha Bailey

University of California, Los Angeles

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Kristin Butcher

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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