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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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How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

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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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Do extended U.S. unemployment insurance benefits reduce employment?

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Why do long-term unemployed Americans face difficulties finding jobs?

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Minimum wages and firm value

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Just deserts? Earnings inequality and bargaining power in the U.S. economy

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Geographic mismatch might not be a big deal for U.S. unemployment

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All work and no pay for many women around the globe

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Underemployment for recent U.S. college graduates

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Declining U.S. labor mobility is about more than geography

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Unemployment and models of U.S. consumption

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Are unpredictable schedules harming U.S. workers’ health?

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How intensely are U.S. employers looking for workers?

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Historical state and sub-state minimum wage data

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Sebastian Sotelo

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Daniel Schneider

Harvard University

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Arindrajit Dube

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Mariana Zerpa

University of Leuven

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Nathan Wilmers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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