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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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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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In Conversation

In Conversation with Lenore Palladino

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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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JOLTS Day Graphs: November 2022 Edition

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The importance of understanding how job quality affects U.S. workers and the entire economy, and how to boost access to good jobs

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Why workplace dignity is valuable to U.S. workers, employers, and the broader economy

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Power and Dignity in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Wal-Mart Workers

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Unions in the United States improve worker safety and lower health inequality

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Early evidence on federal government income supports for U.S. individuals, workers, and families during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to U.S. Department of Labor’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on classifying employees and independent contractors

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Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to the National Labor Relations Board’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Joint-Employer Standard

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

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Rethinking U.S. corporate governance: Impacts on workers, racial inequality, and industrial policy

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Railway negotiations highlight the importance of paid sick time for U.S. workers and the broader economy

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Frequently asked questions about paid sick time for U.S. workers and their families and the broader U.S. economy

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Experts on the issue

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Samir Sonti

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

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David S. Pedulla

Harvard University

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Martha Bailey

University of California, Los Angeles

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Jeffrey Thompson

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Former Steering Committee

Janet L. Yellen

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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