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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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The limited macroeconomic effects of unemployment benefit extensions

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What’s the deal with U.S. wage growth?

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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An interactive history of U.S. labor force participation

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The basic economics of a guaranteed income

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Competition in the U.S. labor market

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In Conversation

Equitable Growth in Conversation: An interview with David Card and Alan Krueger

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Unemployment insurance might increase unemployment, but only slightly

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Why it’s time to rethink non-compete agreements

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
In Conversation

Equitable Growth in conversation: An interview with Byron Auguste

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JOLTS and another look at the health of the U.S. labor market

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The China shock: Learning from labor market adjustment to large changes in trade

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Student loans and the labor market: Evidence from merit aid programs

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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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