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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. More
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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.

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U.S. social insurance programs support workers and economic growth

By Megan Rivera,

December 2, 2025

December 2, 2025

Megan Rivera,

Families Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Poverty

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What makes a job ‘good’? How U.S. labor market data can provide insight to improve workers’ economic conditions

By Kevin Rinz, Chiara Chanoi,

March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025

Kevin Rinz, Chiara Chanoi,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Schedule Stability

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A researcher’s guide to identifying policy-relevant research questions for the federal government

By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez,

May 30, 2024

May 30, 2024

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Gender, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

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The state of the U.S. labor market 4 years after the start of the COVID-19 recession

By Michael Linden,

March 5, 2024

March 5, 2024

Michael Linden,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

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

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New research finds $15 minimum wages raise pay and increase employment for low-wage workers

By Michael Reich, Justin Wiltshire, Carl McPherson,

October 16, 2023

October 16, 2023

Michael Reich, Justin Wiltshire, Carl McPherson,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Minimum Wage, Monopsony

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

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality

By Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux,

January 14, 2020

January 14, 2020

Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

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

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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

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

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Understanding the incidence of minimum wage increases

By Max Risch, Nirupama Rao,

August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019

Max Risch, Nirupama Rao,

Labor

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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New evidence on local minimum wage laws and earnings inequality

By Jennifer Romich, Scott Allard, Heather Hill, Mark Long,

August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019

Jennifer Romich, Scott Allard, Heather Hill, Mark Long,

Labor

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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Do higher wages improve health outcomes? Evidence from nursing homes and minimum wage reforms

By Krista Ruffini,

August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019

Krista Ruffini,

Labor

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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How U.S. companies harm workers by making them independent contractors

By Corey Husak,

July 31, 2019

July 31, 2019

Corey Husak,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Wage Stagnation

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Research Shows: Raising the Minimum Wage Does Not Spell Job Loss

By Kate Bahn,

July 10, 2019

July 10, 2019

Kate Bahn,

Labor

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TOPICS: 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

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TOPICS: Minimum Wage

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