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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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Is monopsony important for understanding the U.S. labor market?

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What are the effects of cash transfers on U.S. workers across generations?

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Are employees willing to forgo pay for better work schedules?

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How much bigger can the U.S. labor force get?

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A Nobel Prize for modeling contracts

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Do extended U.S. unemployment insurance benefits reduce employment?

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Why do long-term unemployed Americans face difficulties finding jobs?

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Minimum wages and firm value

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Just deserts? Earnings inequality and bargaining power in the U.S. economy

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Geographic mismatch might not be a big deal for U.S. unemployment

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All work and no pay for many women around the globe

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Underemployment for recent U.S. college graduates

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TOPICS: Job Mobility

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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