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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 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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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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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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Evidence of ongoing gender discrimination in the U.S. labor market

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Do U.S. women choose low-paid occupations, or do low-paid occupations choose them?

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Another take on declining productivity growth in high-income countries

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Minimum wages and the distribution of family incomes

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JOLTS Day Graphs: January 2017 Report Edition

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Seminar Series: Parenthood and the gender wage gap (Invitation only)

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: February 2017 Report Edition

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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The connection between U.S. unemployment and rising opioid abuse

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TOPICS: Health
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Local economic decline affects marriage and fertility rates, but in a surprising way

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The U.S. minimum wage improves access to traditional lines of credit

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Why is collective bargaining so difficult in the United States compared to its international peers?

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Are shocks to U.S. firm performance transmitted to their workers?

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Siwei Cheng

New York University

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Jenn Round

Rutgers University

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Emi Nakamura

University of California, Berkeley

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Patrick Denice

Western University

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Joanna Venator

Boston College

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