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February 3, 2015

Closing U.S. educational achievement gaps will increase GDP growth & raise revenue

Washington, D.C. – Improving educational outcomes and narrowing the educational achievement gaps of future workers would significantly increase long-term U.S. economic growth and raise government revenues, a new Washington Center for Equitable Growth report finds. The study, authored by Equitable Growth Visiting Fellow and Everett E. Nuttle Professor of Economics at Washington College Robert Lynch, […]

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July 24, 2014

Washington Center for Equitable Growth Announces Inaugural Class of Grantees

New Research Will Lead to Better Understanding of How Human Capital, Consumer Demand, and the Role of Government and Institutions Affects Economic Growth and Productivity Washington, D.C. – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is pleased to announce its inaugural class of grantees for 2014. Equitable Growth will award $481,000 to 15 grantees, with additional […]

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June 10, 2014

Examining Intergenerational Economic Mobility

Washington, D.C. – A newly released study from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth finds that opportunity is not equally distributed across the United States and that economic mobility actually differs in critical ways for children born in different regions of the country. The new report, “Patterns of Economic Mobility in the United States—What Does […]

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May 20, 2014

Amir Sufi presents House of Debt

We invite you to join us from 2:00pm-3:30pm on May 29, 2014, at Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C. for a presentation by Amir Sufi, co-author of House of Debt.