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:
- AI, tech, & the economy
- 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
- Climate
- 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.

post

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

By Equitable Growth,

December 13, 2022

December 13, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

post

Enacting a minimum wage for tipped workers is on the ballot in two U.S. cities. Here’s what the research says

By Kate Bahn,

November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022

Kate Bahn,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Wage Stagnation

post

What happened to the federal minimum wage debate?

By Michelle Holder, Shaun Harrison,

December 23, 2021

December 23, 2021

Michelle Holder, Shaun Harrison,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

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

post

How a large employer’s low-road practices harm local labor markets: The impact of Walmart Supercenters

By Kate Bahn,

January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022

Kate Bahn,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Minimum Wage, Monopsony

post

New research highlights the necessity of improving wage standards and bargaining power for low-wage workers in the United States

By Kathryn Zickuhr,

November 17, 2021

November 17, 2021

Kathryn Zickuhr,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, 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

working paper

Worker earnings, service quality, and firm profitability: Evidence from nursing homes and minimum wage reforms

By Krista Ruffini,

June 4, 2020

June 4, 2020

Krista Ruffini,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Health, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track

By Equitable Growth,

May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

post

Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power

By Equitable Growth,

May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity

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

Equitable Recovery

The coronavirus recession and economic inequality: A roadmap to recovery and long-term structural change

By Heather Boushey, Somin Park,

April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Heather Boushey, Somin Park,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

Coronavirus Recession

U.S. economic policy principles for confronting the coronavirus recession

By Heather Boushey, Somin Park,

April 8, 2020

April 8, 2020

Heather Boushey, Somin Park,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Paid Leave, Poverty, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

The importance of an expanded U.S. Unemployment Insurance system during the coronavirus recession

By Arindrajit Dube,

March 31, 2020

March 31, 2020

Arindrajit Dube,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

Economic experts propose policy responses to coronavirus recession

By Equitable Growth,

March 24, 2020

March 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

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

Vision 2020

Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers

By Emily Wiemers, Michael Carr,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Emily Wiemers, Michael Carr,

Labor Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Schedule Stability, Unemployment Insurance

working paper

Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality

By Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux,

January 14, 2020

January 14, 2020

Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

post

The once and future role of strikes in ensuring U.S. worker power

By Kate Bahn,

August 29, 2019

August 29, 2019

Kate Bahn,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Load More

Connect with us!

Explore the Equitable Growth network of experts around the country and get answers to today's most pressing questions!

Get in Touch