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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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TOPICS: Monopsony
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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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TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave

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Minimum wage workers and the collapse of the job ladder

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How delayed foreclosures can actually lead to higher wages

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt
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A tale of three U.S. employment-to-population ratios

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Where is the U.S. labor market recovery for prime-age workers?

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What happened to the job ladder in the 21st century?

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Comments on proposed U.S. overtime regulation

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The intellectual history of the minimum wage and overtime

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Caring for the elderly in America now includes a minimum wage and overtime

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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U.S. jobs growth remains too slow

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Where are U.S. data on the gig economy?

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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The cruel game of musical chairs in the U.S. labor market

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Schedules that work for families and the U.S. economy

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Experts on the issue

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Anna Salomons

Utrecht University

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Tanya Byker

Middlebury College

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Kate Bronfenbrenner

Cornell University

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Sari Pekkala Kerr

Wellesley College

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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