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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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Where does new work come from?

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Domestic outsourcing in the United States

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Workers’ bargaining power in the United States over time

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Benefit risk, claim timing, and Unemployment Insurance benefit generosity in California

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Understanding collective labor action in platform businesses

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Dual-earner migration decisions, earnings, and unemployment in the United States

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Technology and outsourcing in last-mile delivery

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Using job posting and resume data to better understand the U.S. labor market

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Optimal tax policy in imperfectly competitive U.S. labor markets

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Women and the future of work in the United States

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Revamping U.S. small business rescue programs amid the coronavirus recession

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Combating the market power of U.S. corporations over workers and consumers

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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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