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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How corporate governance strategies hurt worker power in the United States

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

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

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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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Addressing the ‘double gap’ faced by Black women in the U.S. economy

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

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What the historically low U.S. unemployment rate means for women workers

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Age discrimination in the U.S. labor market is a major economic obstruction

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In Conversation with Adia Harvey Wingfield

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The economic imperative of enacting paid family leave across the United States

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Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States

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

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Unequally Insecure: Rising Black/White Disparities in Job Displacement, 1981-2017

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