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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

FamiliesLabor
TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave

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The upside of expanding access to the Earned Income Tax Credit

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Trying to get a grip on the gig economy

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TOPICS: Monopsony
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JOLTS and the health of the U.S. labor market

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What’s aging got to do with the U.S. labor market recovery?

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Interactive: How much have U.S. earnings grown since 2007?

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For kids’ future, money does matter

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Is the lack of paid leave partly to blame for declining U.S. labor force participation?

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TOPICS: Paid Leave
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Will workers reap from changing demographics?

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Housing supply, rents, and economic mobility

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Explaining the “History of Technology” series and equitable growth

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The consequences and causes of declining geographic mobility in the United States

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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How high can the minimum wage go?

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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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