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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 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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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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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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What Explains Race/Ethnic Inequality in Job Quality in the Service Sector?

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Parental Exposure to Routine Work Schedule Uncertainty and Child Behavior

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How U.S. workers’ just-in-time schedules perpetuate racial and ethnic inequality

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Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy

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JOLTS Day Graphs: August 2019 Report Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: September 2019 Report Edition

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The death of the Phillips Curve is the time to lift up new economic indicators

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From Decent to Lousy Jobs: New Evidence on the Decline in American Job Quality, 1979-2017

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The once and future role of strikes in ensuring U.S. worker power

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What kind of labor organizations do U.S. workers want?

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How U.S. Workers Think About Workplace Democracy: The Structure of Individual Worker Preferences for Labor Representation

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Understanding the incidence of minimum wage increases

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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Siwei Cheng

New York University

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Jenn Round

Rutgers University

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Emi Nakamura

University of California, Berkeley

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Patrick Denice

Western University

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Joanna Venator

Boston College

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