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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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Fair work schedules for the U.S. economy and society: What’s reasonable, feasible, and effective

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Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers

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Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States

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Promote economic and racial justice: Eliminate student loan debt and establish a right to higher education across the United States

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New research reveals discriminatory disparities by race in U.S. job displacement

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Unequally Insecure: Rising Black/White Disparities in Job Displacement, 1981-2017

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“How Monopsony Impacts Older Women Workers”

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TOPICS: Monopsony
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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: January 2020 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Factsheet: The PRO Act addresses income inequality by boosting the organizing power of U.S. workers

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A first-time meta-analysis of monopsony demonstrates its breadth across labor markets

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Monopsony in Labor Markets: A Meta-Analysis

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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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