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Equitable Growth hosts State of the Union press briefing with leading U.S....
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth last week hosted an online press briefing in prelude to tonight’s State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress by President Joe Biden. The...
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Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19...
Overview The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. Through our grantmaking, we aim to support research that...
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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes
A research update Fast facts Building on prior research, some new studies demonstrate that there is a relationship between high levels of inequality and low levels of absolute mobility, or a child’s...
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An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. Senate is a...
The nearly 90-year-old federal-state Unemployment Insurance program provides much-needed relief to unemployed workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own and helps to stabilize the U.S....
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New recommendations for an integrated system of U.S. inequality statistics...
A new report from the National Academy of Science’s Committee on National Statistics is packed with recommendations for building an integrated system of national statistics that can provide accurate...
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New workplace surveillance bill would protect U.S. workers and address new...
Across the U.S. economy, the risks posed by unchecked automated surveillance and management technologies are widespread—and growing. These technologies can sometimes be beneficial for workers,...
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Measuring psychological burdens in access to U.S. social programs
Lessons from new research on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Overview Policymakers are increasingly paying attention to administrative burdens—those “frictions that people face in their...
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Structural changes in the U.S. economy highlight anew the gray areas of...
Four years after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis by three city police officers and the Black Lives Matter movement led large-scale protests across the country, workplaces across the U.S....
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U.S. workers, generative AI, and the future of work
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 captured the world’s attention and illustrated the potential of generative Artificial Intelligence to instantly perform tasks long considered quintessentially...
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Equitable Growth delivers letter on proposed IRS rule to expand data sharing...
On April 29, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth delivered a comment letter responding to a proposed rule from the Internal Revenue Service that would expand the amount of administrative tax...
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What is going on with wage growth in the United States?
Fast wage growth is a key feature of a strong labor market. U.S. workers, and low-wage workers in particular, experienced exceptional wage growth over the past couple of years, which not only improved...
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Research on Tap event highlights the impact of AI, climate change, and racial...
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth on May 21 hosted its marquee event, “Research on Tap: Three Forces Shaping the 2024 Economy,” at the National Union Building in Washington, DC. Guests showed...
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Equitable Growth receives funding to advance women’s power, gender equality,...
Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal funds organization as part of $1 billion global commitment The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that it has received funding from Pivotal as part of...
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A researcher’s guide to identifying policy-relevant research questions for...
Overview Social science researchers play an important role in the policymaking process. Researchers help policymakers at all levels of government to understand key trends and issues in the U.S....
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Equitable Growth’s new Nonresident Scholars have a long history of rigorous...
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today launched our new Nonresident Scholars program. This is our latest way of connecting academics to policymakers to ensure public policy debates are...
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On Juneteenth: New research demonstrates how economic mobility is restricted...
On June 19, 1865, emancipation was officially declared in the state of Texas, more than two full years after the Emancipation Proclamation and more than two full months after the pro-slavery rebellion...
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New federal heat standard offers novel distributional analysis to determine...
The U.S. Department of Labor recently released a much-anticipated proposed rule that promises to protect workers from on-the-job injuries and deaths that result from toiling in the heat. The timing of...
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