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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The intersectional wage divides faced by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women in 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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A college degree is not the solution to U.S. wage inequality

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How racial and gendered pay discrimination persists under monopsony in the United States

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Discrimination and Monopsony Power

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Americans want green spending in federal coronavirus recession relief packages

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Latest jobs report for June reveals pre-existing inequality in U.S. labor market worsening amid coronavirus recession

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

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A feminist economic policy agenda in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the quest for racial justice

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More resilient small U.S. restaurants and their workers can exit the coronavirus recession and sustain an equitable economic recovery

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Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power

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

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