Resource Series: Boosting Wages

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today publishes its latest book, Boosting Wages for U.S. Workers in the New Economy, in conjunction with a virtual launch event virtual today on the subject featuring several of the authors of the essays in the new book. This book, a joint effort of Equitab…

The anemic wage growth that has characterized the U.S. economy for decades has deep structural causes that defy easy solutions. For decades, the benefits of economic growth have gravitated toward those at the very top of the income ladder, contributing to growing and increasingly dangerous economic…

Overview The U.S. labor market is shackled by decades of wage stagnation for the majority of workers, persistent wage disparities by race, ethnicity, and gender, and sluggish economic growth. The steady increase of income inequality since the 1970s leaves generations of U.S. workers and their famili…

This essay is part of Boosting Wages for U.S. Workers in the New Economy, a compilation of 10 essays from leading economic thinkers who explore alternative policies for boosting wages and living standards, rooted in different structures that contribute to stagnant and unequal wages. The authors in t…