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Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to U.S. Department of...
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth this week delivered a comment letter responding to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s proposed rulemaking on how to determine who is an...
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Why workplace dignity is valuable to U.S. workers, employers, and the broader...
The role of employment in the lives of many U.S. workers and their families is more than just a way to provide for oneself and one’s loved ones. Jobs are shaped by both social networks and social...
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Ahead of new U.S. jobs data releases, here’s what employment growth and job...
Overview Later this week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release data on February 2023 job growth through its Employment Situation Summary. It will also release information on job openings,...
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Ahead of the June Jobs Day report, here is what the past three months of...
The U.S. economy is now flush with many more jobs than prior to the onset of the COVID-19 recession in early 2020, and employment growth in the country continues to be exceptionally strong—much...
View ArticleOn Algorithmic Wage Discrimination
Authors:Veena Dubal, University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco Abstract: Recent technological developments related to the extraction and processing of data have given rise to...
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Algorithmic wage discrimination requires policy solutions that enforce...
U.S. consumers generally believe that gig workers who labor for companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are free to set their own hours and thus able to determine broadly how much they...
View ArticleMinimum wage effects and monopsony explanations
This working paper was updated on March 5, 2024 with a new version and an additional author. Authors:Justin Wiltshire, University of VictoriaCarl McPherson, University of California, BerkeleyMichael...
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New research finds $15 minimum wages raise pay and increase employment for...
Increasing the minimum wage has repeatedly been shown to raise the pay of low-wage workers and improve the overall economy. While the federal minimum wage remains at its 2009 level of $7.25 per hour,...
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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars
Overview The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to invest in early career scholars whose research agendas are policy relevant, related to how inequality affects economic growth, and who are...
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The state of the U.S. labor market 4 years after the start of the COVID-19...
Over the past 4 years, the U.S. economy—in particular the U.S. labor market—weathered some incredible shocks and fluctuations. From the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain breakdowns to global energy...
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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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