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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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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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In Conversation with Lee Badgett

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TOPICS: Gender, Pay Equity
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May jobs report: Young workers are entering a uniquely evolving U.S. labor market

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: May 2022 Report Edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2022 Edition

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Is there a skilled labor shortage? The economic evidence on skills gap and labor shortage concerns

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Developing a research agenda on racial and gender equity in the pandemic-era U.S. labor market

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New research explains how better-quality work schedules increase U.S. retail workers’ productivity and store profits

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New research shows Fair Workweek laws ensure workers have more predictable schedules without sacrificing their hours worked

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Recent working paper explores connection between capital investment and labor demand in the United States

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Child care costs are going to rise, but policymakers can help U.S. families manage these increases

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New research shows unstable schedules do not offer more flexibility for 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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