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

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What happened to the federal minimum wage debate?

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

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

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

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

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Maintaining effective U.S. labor standards enforcement through the coronavirus recession

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The redistributional consequences of multiple minimum wages

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Reforming Unemployment Insurance across the United States

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Expert Focus: Leading Black scholars on U.S. economic inequality and growth (Part 2)

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Better workplace conditions for long-term eldercare staff are key to promoting resident safety amid the coronavirus pandemic

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

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Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power

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

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

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