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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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Firm and market shocks, wage risk, and the protection provided by government institutions: evidence from IRS tax data

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Sources of displaced workers’ long-term earnings losses

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In conversation with David Weil

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Is the Fed being misguided by the Phillips curve?

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A research roundup on unpredictable schedules in the United States

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JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2017 Report Edition

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Why enforcing U.S. labor standards may be more important than ever

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U.S. over-education and underemployment over the course of a lifetime

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The U-shape of over-education? Human capital dynamics & occupational mobility over the life cycle

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A reminder on the current size of the gig economy

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Climbing the career ladder, switching jobs, and the gender wage gap in the United States

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The importance of raising the minimum wage to boost broad-based U.S. 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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