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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.

Featured Research

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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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Disentangling gender gaps: New evidence from personnel records

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Do higher wages improve health outcomes? Evidence from nursing homes and minimum wage reforms

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Research finds the domestic outsourcing of jobs leads to declining U.S. job quality and lower wages

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New research shows California Paid Family Leave reduces poverty

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TOPICS: Paid Leave, Poverty
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Extensive nonstandard work hours among U.S. low-income mothers hinder their kids’ enrollment in center-based childcare

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JOLTS Day Graphs: June 2019 Report Edition

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

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How U.S. companies harm workers by making them independent contractors

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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

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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