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
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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders
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The future of work and worker power post-COVID a key topic at the 2021 Labor and Employment Relations Association annual conference
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Beyond place-based: Reducing regional inequality with place-conscious policies
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In Conversation with Jake Rosenfeld
March 22, 2021
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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 actions 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
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