Pay Equity 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 Pay Equity

Equitable pay is a key piece of the ability of U.S. workers to share in the gains of economic growth. In order to understand how pay equity has been limited, Equitable Growth examines the role of gender, race and ethnicity, and other determinants of unequal pay that reduce individual earnings and constrain economic growth.

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Four graphs on U.S. occupational segregation by race, ethnicity, and gender

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Gender, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

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Gender wage inequality in the United States: Causes and solutions to improve family well-being and economic growth

By Equitable Growth,

March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Pay Equity

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The implications of U.S. gender and racial disparities in income and wealth inequality at each stage of the innovation process

By Lisa Cook, Jan Gerson,

July 24, 2019

July 24, 2019

Lisa Cook, Jan Gerson,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

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Interactive: Comparing wages within and across demographic groups in the United States

By Austin Clemens, Kavya Vaghul, John Schmitt, Will McGrew,

July 9, 2019

July 9, 2019

Austin Clemens, Kavya Vaghul, John Schmitt, Will McGrew,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Gender, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

Vision 2020

Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States

By Bradley Hardy, Trevon Logan,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Bradley Hardy, Trevon Logan,

Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Job Mobility, Pay Equity, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity

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Discriminatory penalties at the intersection of race and gender in the United States

By Mark Paul, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity Jr.,

August 7, 2018

August 7, 2018

Mark Paul, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity Jr.,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

Boosting Wages

Addressing gender and racial disparities in the U.S. labor market to boost wages and power innovation

By Lisa Cook,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Lisa Cook,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Economic Inequality, Gender, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

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Improving U.S. labor standards and the quality of jobs to reduce the costs of employee turnover to U.S. companies

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

December 21, 2020

December 21, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Pay Equity, Wage Stagnation

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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

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

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Voting rights equal economic progress: The Voting Rights Act and U.S. economic inequality

By Abhay Aneja, Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon,

October 16, 2020

October 16, 2020

Abhay Aneja, Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

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The Effect of Political Power on Labor Market Inequality: Evidence from the 1965 Voting Rights Act

By Abhay Aneja, Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon,

October 16, 2020

October 16, 2020

Abhay Aneja, Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

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Expert Focus: The consequences of economic inequality among Latinx groups in the United States

By Christian Edlagan, Aixa Alemán-Díaz, Maria Monroe,

October 15, 2020

October 15, 2020

Christian Edlagan, Aixa Alemán-Díaz, Maria Monroe,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

Coronavirus Recession

What the coronavirus recession means for U.S. public-sector employment

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

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Wage discrimination and the exploitation of workers in the U.S. labor market

By Kate Bahn, Mark Stelzner, Emilie Openchowski,

September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020

Kate Bahn, Mark Stelzner, Emilie Openchowski,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

College football’s inequality dilemma amid the coronavirus recession

By Kate Bahn,

September 8, 2020

September 8, 2020

Kate Bahn,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

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Women and the future of work in the United States

By Susan Green,

August 28, 2020

August 28, 2020

Susan Green,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Pay Equity

Vision 2020

Achieving universal paid family and medical leave in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 24, 2020

August 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

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TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

Vision 2020

Building worker power in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 20, 2020

August 20, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Wage Stagnation

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