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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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TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave

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April Jobs report: Disappointing job gains mean the damage from the coronavirus recession may be long term, especially for young workers

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

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The consequences of job displacement for U.S. workers

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Webinar: How to strengthen U.S. labor standards enforcement to protect workers’ rights

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Factsheet: What does the research say about the economics of paid leave?

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Factsheet: What does the research say about care infrastructure?

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Caregiving in a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Well-being of Family Caregivers 55+ in the U.S.

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JOLTS Day Graphs: February 2021 Edition

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Webinar: Transforming U.S. supply chains to create good jobs

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The latest Jobs Day report is encouraging yet the number of U.S. workers jobless for 27 weeks or more keeps climbing

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

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What the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey reveals about the first year of the coronavirus recession, in six charts

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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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