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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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A welcome jolt to the labor market

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Jobless recoveries and the decline of startups

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More U.S. jobs but paltry wage gains for most workers

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Evaluating labor standards and employment outcomes

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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What’s happening to married mothers in the workforce?

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TOPICS: Paid Leave
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Healthy job growth fails to boost wages

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Entrepreneurship, down-side risks, and social insurance

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Pulling up the “job ladder”

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Are big businesses slowing wage growth?

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TOPICS: Monopsony
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How low can the U.S. unemployment rate go?

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Wages, full employment and reducing inequality

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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State-by-state minimum to median wage ratios

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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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