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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.

Featured Research

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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

FamiliesLabor
TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave

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Netflix and the paid family leave debate

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TOPICS: Paid Leave
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Measures of U.S. labor market conditions for the Fed to ponder

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Puerto Rico’s predicaments: Is its minimum wage the culprit?

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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The distribution of pay and the willingness to quit among U.S. workers

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Low hiring rates do not point to strong U.S. wage growth

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Implementing and policing higher minimum wages at the local level

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Wage growth and the health of the U.S. labor market

Labor
TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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What’s the matter with the federal disability insurance program?

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Reforms to “just-in-time” scheduling practices now before Congress

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The Declining Labor Force Participation Rate: Causes, Consequences, and the Path Forward

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Are estimates of the long-term U.S. unemployment rate too high?

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
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What will happen if the U.S. overtime threshold is raised?

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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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