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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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What is going on with wage growth in the United States?

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Strong unions push firms to reduce riskier debt, lowering risks of unemployment for U.S. workers

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Industrial policies will be more effective at supporting good jobs and a stronger U.S. economy where there is institutional support for worker power

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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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A primer on monopsony power: Its causes, consequences, and implications for U.S. workers and economic growth

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Paid sick time and paid family and medical leave support workers in different ways and are both good for the broader U.S. economy

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Equitable Growth renews collective bargaining agreement with Nonprofit Professional Employees Union

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Estimating the prevalence of automated management and surveillance technologies at work and their impact on workers’ well-being

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The upcoming U.S. election’s most important policy effects are under the radar

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Will labor’s surging popularity result in new union members in the United States?

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Skill and spatial mismatch in the energy transition

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Labor Market Collusion through Common Leadership

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The Distributional Effects of Firm Productivity Changes: Evidence from U.S. Linked Worker-Owner Data

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Worker Led Lawsuits: The Effects of California’s Private Attorney Generals Act

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Causes and Consequences of Incomplete Unemployment Insurance Take-Up

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The Distributional Consequences of Private Equity

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Cash Grants to Firms as Counter-Cyclical Policy: Evidence from $125 Million in Lottery Awards

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Evaluating the Labor Market Effects of Short-Time Compensation in California

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Andres Blanco

Emory University

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Christian Moser

Columbia University

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Andreas Mueller

University of Texas at Austin

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Jane Waldfogel

Columbia University

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Mark Paul

New College of Florida

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