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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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The implications of U.S. gender and racial disparities in income and wealth inequality at each stage of the innovation process

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Imperfect competition, compensating differentials and rent sharing in the U.S. labor market

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U.S. women’s national soccer team wins its fourth World Cup. Is pay equity really close behind?

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Research Shows: Raising the Minimum Wage Does Not Spell Job Loss

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Interactive: Comparing wages within and across demographic groups in the United States

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

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Factsheet: Minimum wage increases are good for U.S. workers and the U.S. economy

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Where does your state’s minimum wage rank against the median wage?

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Research and resources on the 2020 presidential debate issues and themes

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Racial and Gender Wage Gaps: Overcoming Structural Barriers to Shared Growth

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Building high-road supply networks in the United States

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For Father’s Day: Evidence from three countries on the importance of paid parental leave for new dads

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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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