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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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Why the United States still needs paid family and medical leave

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What U.S. Labor Department appointee Puzder doesn’t know about the minimum wage and how labor markets work

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TOPICS: Health, Minimum Wage
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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2016 Report Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: January 2017 Report Edition

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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The challenging and continuing slide in U.S. unionization rates

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Valuing alternative work arrangements

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Across developed countries, family policies help women

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Outsourcing and rising wage inequality in the United States and Germany

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Rising U.S. business concentration and the decline in labor’s share of income

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: December 2016 Report Edition

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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U.S labor market tightness, hiring, and the decline in job switching

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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The U.S. Recession and Recovery Have Been Tough on Everyone

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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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