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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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it
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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders
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Consolidated Advantage: New Organizational Dynamics of Wage Inequality
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Executive actions to combat wage theft against U.S. workers
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The wage divide for Black and Latinx workers goes deeper than a ‘skills gap’ or requiring more credentials
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The consequences of political inequality and voter suppression for U.S. economic inequality and growth
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Employer Concentration and Outside Options
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New Equitable Growth book presents broad structural changes to boost U.S. wages for more equitable and sustainable economic growth
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
Foreword: Boosting Wages for U.S. Workers in the New Economy
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January 14, 2021
Broad structural change is needed to boost wages in a U.S. economy that is more equitable to produce strong, sustainable economic growth
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
Boosting wages when U.S. labor markets are not competitive
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
Collective bargaining as a path to more equitable wage growth in the United States
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
Targeting business tax incentives to realize U.S. wage growth
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
Place-conscious federal policies to reduce regional economic disparities in the United States
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