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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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How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

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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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The early origins of the gender pay gap

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Waiting for wage and income acceleration

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The rise of big business and wage inequality

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A look at the near-term future of unionization rates

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President Obama’s “middle-class economics”

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A welcome jolt to the labor market

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Jobless recoveries and the decline of startups

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More U.S. jobs but paltry wage gains for most workers

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Evaluating labor standards and employment outcomes

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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What’s happening to married mothers in the workforce?

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Healthy job growth fails to boost wages

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Entrepreneurship, down-side risks, and social insurance

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Joanna Venator

Boston College

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John Schmitt

Economic Policy Institute

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Johannes Schmieder

Boston University

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Sydnee Caldwell

University of California, Berkeley

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Kanika Arora

University of Iowa

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