Minimum Wage Archives - Equitable Growth

Competition
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Anticompetitive Conduct
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Concentration
Families
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how unequal access to care, 21st century work-life policies, and education undermines stable, broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Childcare & Early Education
- Economic Wellbeing
- Health
- K-12
- Post-secondary Education
Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how trends in economic inequality and mobility and changes in the economy have affected the concentration of wealth, income, and earnings, and how these distributional shifts have affected the promise of economic security and opportunity. More
- Topics:
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Mobility
- Economics of Place
- GDP 2.0
- Gender
- Income & Earnings Volatility
- Poverty
- Race & Ethnicity
Labor
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. More
- Topics:
- Bargaining Power
- Job Mobility
- Minimum Wage
- Monopsony
- Paid Leave
- Pay Equity
- Schedule Stability
- Unemployment Insurance
- Wage Stagnation
Tax & Macroeconomics
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Business Taxation
- Credit & Debt
- Fiscal Policy
- Individual Taxation
- Monetary Policy
- Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Topic Minimum Wage

The minimum wage in the United States continues to be one of the most important policy levers for establishing a floor for job quality. Equitable Growth’s research and analysis demonstrates that higher minimum wages has the potential to increase earnings without reducing employment.

Coronavirus Recession

Why minimum wages are a critical tool for achieving racial justice in the U.S. labor market

By Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux, Kate Bahn,

October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020

Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux, Kate Bahn,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity

Vision 2020

Rebuilding U.S. labor market wage standards

By Arindrajit Dube,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Arindrajit Dube,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

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Where does your state’s minimum wage rank against the median wage?

By Ben Zipperer, Will McGrew, David Evans,

July 8, 2019

July 8, 2019

Ben Zipperer, Will McGrew, David Evans,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Minimum Wage

Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession exposes how U.S. labor laws fail gig workers and independent contractors

By Corey Husak, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Corey Husak, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage

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Factsheet: Minimum wage increases are good for U.S. workers and the U.S. economy

By Kate Bahn, Will McGrew,

July 8, 2019

July 8, 2019

Kate Bahn, Will McGrew,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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Building high-road supply networks in the United States

By Susan Helper,

June 19, 2019

June 19, 2019

Susan Helper,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage, Wage Stagnation

Boosting Wages

Broad structural change is needed to boost wages in a U.S. economy that is more equitable to produce strong, sustainable economic growth

By Kate Bahn, Jesse Rothstein,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Kate Bahn, Jesse Rothstein,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation

Boosting Wages

Strategic enforcement and co-enforcement of U.S. labor standards are needed to protect workers through the coronavirus recession

By Janice Fine, Daniel Galvin, Jenn Round, Hana Shepherd,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Janice Fine, Daniel Galvin, Jenn Round, Hana Shepherd,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Minimum Wage

Boosting Wages

Transforming U.S. supply chains to create good jobs

By Susan Helper,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Susan Helper,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage

Boosting Wages

Boosting wages when U.S. labor markets are not competitive

By Ioana Marinescu,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Ioana Marinescu,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Boosting Wages

Collective bargaining as a path to more equitable wage growth in the United States

By Benjamin Schoefer,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Benjamin Schoefer,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Wage Stagnation

Boosting Wages

U.S. labor markets require a new approach to higher education

By Andria Smythe,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Andria Smythe,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Minimum Wage, Post-secondary Education, Race & Ethnicity

Boosting Wages

Place-conscious federal policies to reduce regional economic disparities in the United States

By Robert Manduca,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Robert Manduca,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Wage Stagnation

Past Event

Ideas to Boost Wages in the New Economy: Ten Essays on Raising Wages for U.S. Workers

January 14, 2021 2:30PM - 4:00PM

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession continues to threaten low-wage U.S. workers due to stalled jobs recovery

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

December 4, 2020

December 4, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

Why minimum wages are a critical tool for achieving racial justice in the U.S. labor market

By Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux, Kate Bahn,

October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020

Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux, Kate Bahn,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity

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Equitable Growth’s labor market experts deliver comment letter to U.S. Department of Labor on status of independent contractors

By Kate Bahn, Corey Husak, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020

Kate Bahn, Corey Husak, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Schedule Stability

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Labor Day: Labor standards and institutional support for collective action are essential for an equitable U.S. economy

By Kathryn Zickuhr, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020

Kathryn Zickuhr, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Gender, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity

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