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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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Moving from Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to a job losers’ stimulus program amid the coronavirus recession

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

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Coronavirus Recession

Better workplace conditions for long-term eldercare staff are key to promoting resident safety amid the coronavirus pandemic

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Worker earnings, service quality, and firm profitability: Evidence from nursing homes and minimum wage reforms

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Coronavirus Recession

One year later: Recession Ready and the coronavirus recession

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Policy options for building resilient U.S. medical supply networks

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Unboxing scheduling practices for U.S. warehouse workers

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Coronavirus Recession

Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track

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JOLTS Day Graphs: March 2020 Report Edition

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Coronavirus Recession

Coronavirus recession deepens U.S. job losses in April especially among low-wage workers and women

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

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Coronavirus Recession

More resilient small U.S. restaurants and their workers can exit the coronavirus recession and sustain an equitable economic recovery

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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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