The historical legacy of racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States continues to determine economic outcomes today. Far too often one’s race and ethnicity shape the ways in which one’s characteristics are valued by employers and the economy. Intentional policies have identified winners and losers based on their racial and ethnic background, such as redlining and the lack of enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. Equitable Growth elevates a racial and ethnic lens on the U.S. economy to draw attention to persistent disparate outcomes by race and ethnicity.
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Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?
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The state of the U.S. labor market 4 years after the start of the COVID-19 recession
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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars
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HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes
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What recent research says about the benefits of labor strikes and growing worker power for broader U.S. economic growth
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Missing pieces in the puzzle: Leveraging untapped archival data to connect New Deal housing policies to racial and spatial inequality
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