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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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Gender pay gap linked to workplace flexibility

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TOPICS: Pay Equity
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Job quality matters: How our future economic competitiveness hinges on the quality of parents’ jobs

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Taking a page from Germany’s paid family leave program

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TOPICS: Paid Leave
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The need to extend emergency unemployment insurance

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The labor market is doing better, but not fully recovered

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Inequality and the future rate of savings

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Where are the gains from productivity?

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Where did manufacturing go?

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Extended unemployment insurance remains critical

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Holding inequality in reserve

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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The evidence on the minimum wage

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Understanding how raising the federal minimum wage affects income inequality and economic growth

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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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