The labor market in the United States has experienced persistent wage stagnation for many workers along the income distribution in recent history. Understanding why wages have not grown for most workers, despite long-term productivity gains and economic recovery, is a key challenge for researchers and policymakers. Equitable Growth digs into data and analysis of the determinants of wages and the overall health of the labor market to understand what policy levers are useful to curb wage stagnation along the distribution.
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What is going on with wage growth in the United States?
May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024
A college degree is not the solution to U.S. wage inequality
July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
New research shows the importance of worker power for addressing U.S. wage inequality
November 9, 2021
November 9, 2021
African American men and the U.S. labor market during recessions and economic recoveries
February 11, 2022
February 11, 2022
How corporate governance strategies hurt worker power in the United States
September 6, 2022
September 6, 2022
Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders
November 16, 2021
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Examining the links between rising wage inequality and the decline of unions
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
The links between stagnating wages and buyer power in U.S. supply chains
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018
New research indicates that minimum wage increases appear to benefit all low-income U.S. workers over time
May 15, 2018
May 15, 2018
Event recap: Research on Tap—Gender wage inequality
May 4, 2018
May 4, 2018
New technologies, occupational tasks, and earnings inequality in the United States
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018
An uncertain time at the Federal Reserve
February 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Demographics, robots, and global economic growth
January 24, 2017
January 24, 2017
Outsourcing and rising wage inequality in the United States and Germany
January 18, 2017
January 18, 2017
Rising U.S. business concentration and the decline in labor’s share of income
January 10, 2017
January 10, 2017
Would cutting the U.S. corporate income tax boost wages significantly?
August 17, 2016
August 17, 2016
Does stronger wage growth mean it’s time to hike interest rates?
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
Cyclical underemployment: Causes and consequences of inequality
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
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