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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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How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

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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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How new job search technologies are affecting the U.S. labor market

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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2021 Edition

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How a large employer’s low-road practices harm local labor markets: The impact of Walmart Supercenters

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Walmart Supercenters and Monopsony Power: How a Large, Low-Wage Employer Impacts Local Labor Markets

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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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Equitable Growth’s new efforts to foster more diversity in grantmaking and new pathways for scholars in the economics profession

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Support for Paid Family Leave among Small Employers Increases during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Jobs Report: U.S. employment growth slowed in December, with the leisure and hospitality industry far from recovered

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: December 2021 Report Edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: November 2021 Edition

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What happened to the federal minimum wage debate?

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Recent Equitable Growth-funded research sheds light on the links between paid family and medical leave research and U.S. economic growth

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Joanna Venator

Boston College

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John Schmitt

Economic Policy Institute

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Johannes Schmieder

Boston University

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Sydnee Caldwell

University of California, Berkeley

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Kanika Arora

University of Iowa

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