Raksha Kopparam
Raksha Kopparam

Former Research Associate

Equitable Growth

Raksha Kopparam was a research associate at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she interned at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, working with their Division of Housing Mission and Goals. Her research interests are in antitrust policy, gender wage inequality, and trade policy. In 2018, Kopparam earned her bachelor’s in political economy from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: August 2022 Report Edition

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New U.S. Census Bureau data show significant economic disparities among the LGBTQ+ community

Inequality & Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: May 2022 Report Edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2022 Edition

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Equitable Recovery

The Economic State of the Union in 2022, presented in 11 charts, and what policymakers can do to make the recovery more equitable and resilient

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JOLTS Day Graphs: October 2021 Edition

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New study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows schedule stability supports U.S. workers and the broader economy

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JOLTS Day Graphs: July 2021 Edition

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Myths about competition in the global economy harm humanity and our planet

CompetitionLaborFamilies
Equitable Recovery

What the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey reveals about the first year of the coronavirus recession, in six charts

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
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A new vision for antitrust enforcement in the United States

CompetitionLabor
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Equitable Growth’s Household Pulse graphs: October 14 – 26

Inequality & Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Household Pulse graphs: September 30–October 12

Inequality & Mobility
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The rising number of U.S. households with burdensome student debt calls for a federal response

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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Equitable Growth’s Household Pulse graphs: September 16–28 Edition

Inequality & Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s household pulse graphs: September 2–14 edition

Inequality & Mobility
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JOLTS Day Graphs: July 2020 Edition

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Coronavirus Recession

Disaggregated data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is crucial amid the coronavirus pandemic

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Coronavirus Recession

Gaps in U.S. rural and urban economic growth widened in the post-Great Recession economy, with implications amid the coronavirus recession

Inequality & Mobility
Labor Markets

Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: March 2020 Report Edition

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Coronavirus Recession

U.S. Census Day 2020: The history and the challenges amid the coronavirus recession

Inequality & Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

How the coronavirus pandemic is harming family well-being for U.S. low-wage workers

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Labor Markets

JOLTS Day Graphs: January 2020 Report Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: February 2020 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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JOLTS Day Graphs: November 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: December 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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New measure of county-level GDP gives insight into local-level U.S. economic growth

Inequality & Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: November 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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To fight falling U.S. intergenerational mobility, tackle economic inequality

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JOLTS Day Graphs: September 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: October 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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JOLTS Day Graphs: August 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: September 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: 1
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Killer acquisitions lead to decreased innovation and competition in the U.S. prescription drug market

Competition
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JOLTS Day Graphs: July 2019 Report Edition

Labor
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: August 2019 Report Edition

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The Federal Reserve’s new Distributional Financial Accounts provide telling data on growing U.S. wealth and income inequality

Inequality & Mobility
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U.S. women’s national soccer team wins its fourth World Cup. Is pay equity really close behind?

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Weekend Reading: “Equal Pay for Better Work” edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: May 2019 Report Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: June 2019 Report Edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2019 Report Edition

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Weekend reading: “Stimulating Economic Growth” edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: May 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Modern U.S. antitrust research supports strict enforcement of the law

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Inflation inequality in the United States is due to imbalanced product innovation

CompetitionLaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Weekend Reading “Mothers Know Best” Edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: February 2019 Report Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: March 2019 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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A judicial victory for pay transparency in the United States in the run-up to Women’s Equal Pay Day

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Net worth taxes: What they are and how they work

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The distribution of wealth in the United States and implications for a net worth tax

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Evidence indicates that mergers directly suppress wage growth for hospital workers in the United States

CompetitionLabor
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Weekend Reading: “President’s Day” edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2018 Report Edition

Labor
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Weekend Reading “The State of the Union’s Inequality” Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: January 2019 Report Edition

Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Weekend Reading “What About a Wealth Tax?” Edition

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Introducing the “Competitive Edge” blog series

Competition
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Who profits from patents within firms and among firms? Hint: Not women and not most employees

Labor
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TOPICS: Pay Equity
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Weekend Reading “The Robots are Taking Over” Edition

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New financial health survey shows that traditional metrics of economic growth don’t apply to most U.S. households’ incomes and savings

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Weekend reading: “Jobs and the Holidays” edition

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Weekend reading: “Who gets the wage growth” edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: September 2018 Report Edition

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TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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Equitable Growth hosts the 2nd Grantee Conference

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FTC action addresses corporate conduct that harms U.S. workers

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Weekend reading: “Wages and workers” edition

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Weekend reading: “Home is where the wealth is” edition

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Weekend reading: “where are the wages?” edition

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