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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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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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JOLTS Day Graphs: March 2020 Report Edition

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Coronavirus recession deepens U.S. job losses in April especially among low-wage workers and women

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More resilient small U.S. restaurants and their workers can exit the coronavirus recession and sustain an equitable economic recovery

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Why workers are engaging in collective action across the United States in response to the coronavirus crisis

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Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power

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Expert Focus: Equity and Well-Being During the Coronavirus Recession

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Fool Me Once: Investing in Unemployment Insurance systems to avoid the mistakes of the Great Recession during COVID-19

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Paid medical leave research

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The coronavirus recession is severe, and the damage to the U.S. economy will last years

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Early lessons learned from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s first round of lending from its Paycheck Protection Program

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The coronavirus recession exposes how U.S. labor laws fail gig workers and independent contractors

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Anna Salomons

Utrecht University

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Tanya Byker

Middlebury College

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Kate Bronfenbrenner

Cornell University

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Sari Pekkala Kerr

Wellesley College

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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