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What kind of labor organizations do U.S. workers want?
Looking at trends in union membership over the past 30 years, you might assume that U.S. workers have soured on the labor movement. But given a politically hostile environment toward unions and an increasingly fissured workplace that has broken down traditional employment relationships and norms around workplace fairness, it’s not surprising that private-sector membership in unions steadily declined from nearly one-quarter of all workers in 1973 to barely 6 percent in 2018.
In Conversation with Janet Currie
Overview “Equitable Growth in Conversation” is a recurring series where we talk with economists and other academics to help us better understand whether and how economic inequality affects economic growth and stability. In this installment, Equitable Growth Executive Director Heather Boushey talks with Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and the director of Princeton’s Center for Health and Well-Being.
Economist Currie’s research on early childhood care and education highlights the need for a national childcare policy
Recent months have seen the blossoming of more concrete ideas for addressing the pressing problem of a lack of access to high-quality, affordable childcare and education—an issue that has not been treated as a national priority in recent decades. A growing body of new research is reshaping how we think about the importance of early childhood and highlights that quality, affordable childcare and education is not just good for families but also for the U.S. economy as a whole.
Falling behind the rest of the world: Childcare in the United States | Equitable Growth
We’ve all heard the stories: Mothers who return to work less than two weeks after giving birth. Parents scrimping and saving in order to afford childcare, which now costs more than in-state college tuition or even rent in some places. Workers without sick leave who are forced to forgo pay to take care of a sick child. Such is the reality for millions of families in the United States.
What explains the sharp rise in incomes of the wealthiest 1%?
Skill-biased technological change is a prominent explanation for the rise in income inequality over the past few decades, but it is not clear how this theory can explain the differential rise in very top incomes across countries.
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