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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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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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The search for and hiring of guest workers in the United States displays the complexity of market concentration and monopsony power

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TOPICS: Monopsony
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Monopsony power and guest worker programs

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TOPICS: Monopsony
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Evidence indicates that mergers directly suppress wage growth for hospital workers in the United States

CompetitionLabor
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Employer consolidation and wages: Evidence from hospitals

CompetitionLabor
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Building a competitive, talent-driven future for U.S. manufacturing requires investing in our nation’s high-tech advantage

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A Valentine’s Day love letter to the Unemployment Insurance program

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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Who profits from patents in the United States?

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TOPICS: Pay Equity
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Increasing evidence of the benefits of paid leave means Congress needs to consider a federal program like the FAMILY Act

FamiliesLabor
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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2018 Report Edition

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New research shows links between the quality of U.S. retail workers’ schedules and their well-being

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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Why a minimum wage increase would help low-income workers across the United States

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Who’s afraid of sunlight? Explaining opposition to transparency in economic development

CompetitionLabor

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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