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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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How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

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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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Evolving worker and management attitudes toward labor organizations: The Equitable Growth context

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Understanding support for new forms of labor representation (Invitation only)

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A judicial victory for pay transparency in the United States in the run-up to Women’s Equal Pay Day

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Gender wage inequality in the United States: Causes and solutions to improve family well-being and economic growth

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Remembrance: Alan Krueger

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Equitable Growth’s history of focusing on women’s role in the economy: A review

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Retail workers’ unpredictable schedules affect sleep quality: Evidence from the Gap

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Paid family and medical leave in the United States: A data agenda for practitioners

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Paid Family and Medical Leave in the United States: A Data Agenda

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The case for more internships and apprenticeships in the United States

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Production and learning in teams

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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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Sebastian Sotelo

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Daniel Schneider

Harvard University

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Arindrajit Dube

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Mariana Zerpa

University of Leuven

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Nathan Wilmers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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