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Employee Ownership and ESOPs

What We Know from Recent Research

Overview

This fact sheet, released at the 2024 Employee Ownership Ideas Forum, summarizes some of the latest research on employee ownership with a focus on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

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Employee Ownership and ESOPs
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Organization
  • Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing
Contributors
  • Douglas Kruse
  • Joseph Blasi
Published
2024
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Audiences
EmployersInvesting and LendingPolicyWorker AdvocacyWorkforce & Economic Development
Issue Areas
BenefitsEmployee OwnershipWages & Wealth Building

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