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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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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: August 2021 Report Edition

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How Exceptional is American Job Quality? Decent- and Poverty-Pay Rates by Age, Gender, and Education in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and France*

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Low Pay in Rich Countries: Institutions, Bargaining Power, and Earnings Inequality in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and France

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Labor Day: How unions promote racial solidarity in the United States

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Does Paid Sick Leave Affect Job Turnover?

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Equitable Growth announces record $1.39 million in research grants for scholars examining economic inequality and growth

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Minimum Wages and Employment Composition

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Superstar Firms and Regional Disparities

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The Impact of Paid Sick Leave Mandates on Women’s Employment, Income, and Economic Security

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Sectoral bargaining and spillovers in monopsonistic labour markets

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School-to-Work Pathway and Racial/Ethnic Inequality among College Graduates

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The Effect of Government Safety Enforcement on Workers: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

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Experts on the issue

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Anna Salomons

Utrecht University

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Tanya Byker

Middlebury College

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Kate Bronfenbrenner

Cornell University

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Sari Pekkala Kerr

Wellesley College

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Jesse Rothstein

University of California, Berkeley

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