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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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New research shows paid leave increases mothers’ labor force participation following childbirth

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Reducing maternal labor market detachment: A role for paid family leave

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Retool U.S. supply chains to address weaknesses exposed by new coronavirus

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

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What the historically low U.S. unemployment rate means for women workers

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Age discrimination in the U.S. labor market is a major economic obstruction

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Equitable Growth launches Vision 2020 book with discussion of research and policy ideas

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Equitable Growth introduces book of innovative policy ideas for 2020

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Wage and employment implications of U.S. labor market monopsony and possible policy solutions

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Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation

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International trade policy that works for U.S. workers

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Joanna Venator

Boston College

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John Schmitt

Economic Policy Institute

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Johannes Schmieder

Boston University

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Sydnee Caldwell

University of California, Berkeley

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Kanika Arora

University of Iowa

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