Equitable Growth funds early career scholars to help ensure their research informs evidence-backed policymaking and supports stable, broadly shared U.S. economic growth.

Equitable Growth

23.08.2024

New economic analyses of the 2017 Trump tax cuts find mixed effects that policymakers should consider when those tax cuts expire in 2025 - Equitable Growth

With the impending expiration of major elements of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, it is important to understand what that law did and did not accomplish.

Equitable Growth

07.08.2024

New labor market data suggest that U.S. wage growth may be cooling too much - Equitable Growth

New U.S. labor market data show that nominal wage growth is slowing, and is likely to continue, despite lower inflation and high productivity.

Equitable Growth

02.08.2024

New federal heat standard will protect U.S. workers from the ill effects of high temperatures amid intensifying climate change - Equitable Growth

A look at how high temperatures affect both indoor and outdoor workers and the U.S. economy as OSHA releases a proposed heat rule.

Equitable Growth

26.07.2024

Hospital consolidation and rising health care prices lead to job losses for U.S. workers - Equitable Growth

Rising health care prices in the United States result in higher federal spending, lower federal tax revenue, and exacerbate economic inequality.

Equitable Growth

18.07.2024

Bonus Question: How Does Flexible Incentive Pay Affect Wage Rigidity? - Equitable Growth

This paper examines how flexible incentive pay including bonuses, profit sharing, commissions, and the like, affect wage rigidity.

Equitable Growth

17.07.2024

New federal heat standard offers novel distributional analysis to determine which workers benefit and how - Equitable Growth

New federal heat standard presents an overall costs benefit and will ensure that the most vulnerable workers are more fully taken into account.

Equitable Growth

09.07.2024

The new Labor Department overtime rule is a win for workers—and good policy, too - Equitable Growth

The Labor Department’s new overtime rule will benefit more than 4 million workers and advance equity.

Equitable Growth

03.07.2024

In Conversation with Natalie Foster - Equitable Growth

Michael Linden speaks with Natalie Foster about economic growth, inequality, and prosperity, and Foster's new book in this installment of In Conversation.

Equitable Growth

21.06.2024

Equitable Growth hosts event featuring Sen. Elizabeth Warren on pro-growth tax reform in 2025 - Equitable Growth

“The Promise of Equitable and Pro-Growth Tax Reform,” featuring Sen. Warren (D-MA), reimagined how taxes can raise revenue for public investments and ensure the U.S. economy is working for all.

Equitable Growth

19.06.2024

On Juneteenth: New research demonstrates how economic mobility is restricted for Black Americans - Equitable Growth

A review of recently published research findings and trends on economic mobility for Black Americans.

Equitable Growth

12.06.2024

Equitable Growth’s new Nonresident Scholars have a long history of rigorous economic research - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth launches a new Nonresident Scholars program to connect academics to policymakers to ensure public policy debates are grounded in economic evidence.

Equitable Growth

07.06.2024

In Conversation with Miles Corak - Equitable Growth

Austin Clemens speaks with economist Miles Corak on the Great Gatsby Curve, economic inequality, and intergenerational mobility in this installment of In Conversation.

Equitable Growth

31.05.2024

A researcher’s guide to identifying policy-relevant research questions for the federal government - Equitable Growth

How researchers can help government policymakers understand key trends and issues in the U.S. economy and society.

Equitable Growth

30.05.2024

Equitable Growth receives funding to advance women’s power, gender equality, and care economy - Equitable Growth

Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal funds Equitable Growth as part of a $1 billion global commitment to advance women’s power, gender equality, and the care economy.

Equitable Growth

24.05.2024

Research on Tap event highlights the impact of AI, climate change, and racial inequality on the U.S. economy - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth's May 21st Research on Tap event focused on how climate change, generative AI, and racial inequality are affecting the U.S. economy.

Equitable Growth

17.05.2024

What is going on with wage growth in the United States? - Equitable Growth

A look at U.S. wage growth and what it means for workers, the labor market, and the economy now that it's slowing down.

Equitable Growth

16.05.2024

Equitable Growth delivers letter on proposed IRS rule to expand data sharing with the U.S. Department of Commerce - Equitable Growth

Read Equitable Growth's comment letter on how a proposed rule would expand the amount of administrative tax data shared and its benefits.

Equitable Growth

15.05.2024

Behavioral Responses to Wealth Taxation: Evidence from Colombia - Equitable Growth

This working paper examines the behavioral responses to personal wealth taxes in Colombia using tax microdata from 1993 to 2016.

Equitable Growth

10.05.2024

U.S. workers, generative AI, and the future of work - Equitable Growth

A look at the impact of generative AI on U.S. workers and the choices that will shape the future of work.

Equitable Growth

09.05.2024

Structural changes in the U.S. economy highlight anew the gray areas of continued racial bias and discrimination in American workplaces - Equitable Growth

Infusing DEI practices and policies into the use of AI and tech by businesses and policymakers will support economic and social growth.

Equitable Growth

07.05.2024

Measuring psychological burdens in access to U.S. social programs - Equitable Growth

Quantitative measures of the psychological burdens faced by SNAP applicants, considering two aspects of psychological burdens: stress and stigma.

Equitable Growth

03.05.2024

New workplace surveillance bill would protect U.S. workers and address new technological risks - Equitable Growth

The Stop Spying Bosses Act would protect workers against harms from automated surveillance and management technologies.

Equitable Growth

02.05.2024

2017 tax cut for pass-through business owners exacerbated inequality and failed to deliver economic benefits - Equitable Growth

Evidence on the regressive and ineffective Section 199A tax cut for pass-through business owners that was included in the 2017 tax cut.

Equitable Growth

01.05.2024

Factsheet: What the research says about taxing pass-through businesses - Equitable Growth

The rise of pass-through businesses and how their lax regulation and low taxation contribute to U.S. income and wealth inequality.

Equitable Growth

25.04.2024

Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector? - Equitable Growth

This working paper finds that there appears to be underenforcement of antitrust laws in the U.S. hospital sector.

Equitable Growth

24.04.2024

New recommendations for an integrated system of U.S. inequality statistics chart a bold path forward - Equitable Growth

A report from the Committee on National Statistics charts a bold path forward for measuring the distribution of income, consumption, and wealth.

Equitable Growth

16.04.2024

Combating market power through a graduated U.S. corporate income tax - Equitable Growth

A new policy proposal shows the benefits of a U.S. graduated corporate income tax to catch supernormal returns of multinational monopolies.

Equitable Growth

10.04.2024

An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. Senate is a much-needed step in the right direction - Equitable Growth

This column considers three of the most important changes the new U.S. Senate legislation proposes to make to the UI system.

Equitable Growth

05.04.2024

Hospital consolidation matters - Equitable Growth

This report revisits rising U.S. hospitals consolidation and its harms for healthcare providers and patients, as well as the nation’s economic outlook.

Equitable Growth

03.04.2024

Spending Responses to the Child Tax Credit Expansions - Equitable Growth

This working paper summarizes the literature that studied how people used the 2021 Child Tax Credit expansions.

Equitable Growth

03.04.2024

Enhanced Child Tax Credit helped U.S. families afford life-enhancing necessities and cope with inflation - Equitable Growth

Research on the 2021 enhanced child tax credit shows that the policy helped parents afford child care, food, and school supplies.

Equitable Growth

30.03.2024

U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes - Equitable Growth

This report summarizes relevant research and provides key updates on U.S. economic mobility since the publication of our first report in 2018.

Equitable Growth

28.03.2024

In conversation with Sasha Killewald - Equitable Growth

Austin Clemens speaks with sociologist Sasha Killewald on wealth gaps, income, and mobility in this installment of In Conversation.

Equitable Growth

21.03.2024

Matching competition policy in the U.S. healthcare industry to address a new generation of challenges in provider markets - Equitable Growth

A detail of market consolidation in the U.S. hospital sector and how policymakers can update competition policy to match current market conditions.

Equitable Growth

19.03.2024

Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers? - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth's RFP on the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession is live! Learn more on eligible research inquires and how to apply.

Equitable Growth

13.03.2024

Testimony by Michael Linden before the Joint Economic Committee - Equitable Growth

Michael Linden testifies before the Joint Economic Committee in a hearing on “The Fiscal Situation of the United States” and risk management.

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The upcoming U.S. election’s most important policy effects are under the radar - Equitable Growth

Will labor’s surging popularity result in new union members in the United States? - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth invests in new research to better understand the effects of the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession - Equitable Growth

Early career scholars to receive Equitable Growth funding to study economic inequality - Equitable Growth

New economic analyses of the 2017 Trump tax cuts find mixed effects that policymakers should consider when those tax cuts expire in 2025 - Equitable Growth

New labor market data suggest that U.S. wage growth may be cooling too much - Equitable Growth

New federal heat standard will protect U.S. workers from the ill effects of high temperatures amid intensifying climate change - Equitable Growth

Hospital consolidation and rising health care prices lead to job losses for U.S. workers - Equitable Growth

Bonus Question: How Does Flexible Incentive Pay Affect Wage Rigidity? - Equitable Growth

New federal heat standard offers novel distributional analysis to determine which workers benefit and how - Equitable Growth

The new Labor Department overtime rule is a win for workers—and good policy, too - Equitable Growth

In Conversation with Natalie Foster - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth hosts event featuring Sen. Elizabeth Warren on pro-growth tax reform in 2025 - Equitable Growth

On Juneteenth: New research demonstrates how economic mobility is restricted for Black Americans - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth’s new Nonresident Scholars have a long history of rigorous economic research - Equitable Growth

In Conversation with Miles Corak - Equitable Growth

A researcher’s guide to identifying policy-relevant research questions for the federal government - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth receives funding to advance women’s power, gender equality, and care economy - Equitable Growth

Research on Tap event highlights the impact of AI, climate change, and racial inequality on the U.S. economy - Equitable Growth

What is going on with wage growth in the United States? - Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth delivers letter on proposed IRS rule to expand data sharing with the U.S. Department of Commerce - Equitable Growth

Behavioral Responses to Wealth Taxation: Evidence from Colombia - Equitable Growth

U.S. workers, generative AI, and the future of work - Equitable Growth

Structural changes in the U.S. economy highlight anew the gray areas of continued racial bias and discrimination in American workplaces - Equitable Growth

Measuring psychological burdens in access to U.S. social programs - Equitable Growth

New workplace surveillance bill would protect U.S. workers and address new technological risks - Equitable Growth

2017 tax cut for pass-through business owners exacerbated inequality and failed to deliver economic benefits - Equitable Growth

Factsheet: What the research says about taxing pass-through businesses - Equitable Growth

Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector? - Equitable Growth

New recommendations for an integrated system of U.S. inequality statistics chart a bold path forward - Equitable Growth

Combating market power through a graduated U.S. corporate income tax - Equitable Growth

An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. Senate is a much-needed step in the right direction - Equitable Growth

Hospital consolidation matters - Equitable Growth

Spending Responses to the Child Tax Credit Expansions - Equitable Growth

Enhanced Child Tax Credit helped U.S. families afford life-enhancing necessities and cope with inflation - Equitable Growth

U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes - Equitable Growth

In conversation with Sasha Killewald - Equitable Growth

Matching competition policy in the U.S. healthcare industry to address a new generation of challenges in provider markets - Equitable Growth

Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers? - Equitable Growth

Testimony by Michael Linden before the Joint Economic Committee - Equitable Growth

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