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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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How corporate headquarters could support store managers in providing predictable work schedules

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: April 2019 Report Edition

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How market power has increased U.S. inequality

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What does the research tell us about how best to design paid leave policies?

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: March 2019 Report Edition

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Evolving worker and management attitudes toward labor organizations: The Equitable Growth context

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Understanding support for new forms of labor representation (Invitation only)

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A judicial victory for pay transparency in the United States in the run-up to Women’s Equal Pay Day

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Gender wage inequality in the United States: Causes and solutions to improve family well-being and economic growth

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Remembrance: Alan Krueger

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Equitable Growth’s history of focusing on women’s role in the economy: A review

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Retail workers’ unpredictable schedules affect sleep quality: Evidence from the Gap

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Experts on the issue

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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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