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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A college degree is not the solution to U.S. wage inequality
July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
Rebuilding U.S. labor market wage standards
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
The once and future role of strikes in ensuring U.S. worker power
August 29, 2019
August 29, 2019
Building high-road supply networks in the United States
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
Research finds the domestic outsourcing of jobs leads to declining U.S. job quality and lower wages
August 21, 2019
August 21, 2019
From Decent to Lousy Jobs: New Evidence on the Decline in American Job Quality, 1979-2017
August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019
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In Conversation with Jake Rosenfeld
March 22, 2021
March 22, 2021
New evidence on the success of gig-worker pay standards for ride-hail drivers
March 10, 2021
March 10, 2021
The alignment of earnings in occupations and at U.S. workplaces increasingly exacerbates earnings inequality
March 9, 2021
March 9, 2021
Consolidated Advantage: New Organizational Dynamics of Wage Inequality
March 9, 2021
March 9, 2021
Executive action to combat wage theft against U.S. workers
February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021
The wage divide for Black and Latinx workers goes deeper than a ‘skills gap’ or requiring more credentials
February 4, 2021
February 4, 2021
The consequences of political inequality and voter suppression for U.S. economic inequality and growth
February 3, 2021
February 3, 2021
Employer Concentration and Outside Options
January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021
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
January 14, 2021
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
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