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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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Latest jobs report for June reveals pre-existing inequality in U.S. labor market worsening amid coronavirus recession

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Experts discuss transformative ideas for 2020 U.S. economic policy debate at Vision 2020 event

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: June 2020 Report Edition

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Four graphs on U.S. occupational segregation by race, ethnicity, and gender

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Factsheet: U.S. occupational segregation by race, ethnicity, and gender

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Coronavirus Recession

A feminist economic policy agenda in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the quest for racial justice

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TOPICS: Gender, Pay Equity
Coronavirus Recession

New analysis shows state paid leave programs cushioned the blow of COVID-19, sparking important new questions

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Vision 2020

Equitable Growth webinar will explore bold policies to ensure a broad-based economic recovery

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Expert Focus

Expert Focus: Leading Black scholars on U.S. economic inequality and growth

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Coronavirus Recession

Equitable Growth and The Hamilton Project bring together policymakers and academics to discuss how to fight the coronavirus recession

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JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2020 Report Edition

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Coronavirus Recession

How the coronavirus recession is impacting part-time U.S. workers

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Experts on the issue

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Luke Elliott-Negri

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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Hana Shepherd

Rutgers University

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Emi Nakamura

University of California, Berkeley

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Jennifer Laird

City University of New York (CUNY)

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Glen Kwende

American University

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