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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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TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave

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Transforming U.S. supply chains to create good jobs

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Boosting wages when U.S. labor markets are not competitive

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Collective bargaining as a path to more equitable wage growth in the United States

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U.S. labor markets require a new approach to higher education

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Public investments in social insurance, education, and child care can overcome market failures to promote family and economic well-being

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Targeting business tax incentives to realize U.S. wage growth

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Addressing gender and racial disparities in the U.S. labor market to boost wages and power innovation

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Place-conscious federal policies to reduce regional economic disparities in the United States

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Sovereignty and improved economic outcomes for American Indians: Building on the gains made since 1990

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Coronavirus Recession

U.S. retail sector’s recession experiences highlight continuing labor market travails

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JOLTS Day Graphs: November 2020 Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: December 2020 Report Edition

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Experts on the issue

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Luke Elliott-Negri

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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Hana Shepherd

Rutgers University

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Emi Nakamura

University of California, Berkeley

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Jennifer Laird

City University of New York (CUNY)

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Glen Kwende

American University

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