How can worker ownership improve job quality and firm performance in historically low-wage sectors?
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POWER Act Research Analysis and Final Report
This report is based on a study conducted during 2023 and 2024 as part of the POWER (Promote Ownership by Workers for Economic Recovery) Act, California State Assembly Bill 2849 (2022).
Our study asked, How can worker ownership improve job quality and firm performance in historically low-wage sectors?
Read our full report (PDF, 314 pages).
Read the executive summary (PDF, 8 pages) and other specific sections on our report page.
Read our briefing papers on strategies for high road worker ownership (PDF, 6 pages) and evidence on the effects of worker ownership (PDF, 9 pages).
For questions, contact Professor David I. Levine.
Watch our report debut webinar
POWER Act Report Debut: Benefits, Barriers, and Policies of High Road Worker Ownership – Dec. 16, 2024
POWER Act Report Debut: Benefits, Barriers, and Policies of High Road Worker Ownership – Dec. 16, 2024
We hosted this interactive 90-minute webinar to help stakeholders in labor, workforce, and economic development make use of the research and analysis in our report. Our webinar covered:
- Report summary and highlights
- Audience Q&A
- Discussion on advancing policies
Meet our study team

Team members
The study team members who conducted research and helped prepare this report include:
- David Levine – Professor, UC Berkeley – Principal Investigator, through the Institute for Business and Social Impact within the Haas School of Business
- Daniel Spitzberg – UC Berkeley – Report Editor and Researcher (expert interviews)
- Adria Scharf – Associate Director, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing (ISEOPS) – Researcher (ACLC) and Expert Adviser
- William Foley – PhD Student, Rutgers ISEOPS – Researcher (literature review)
- K. MacKenzie Scott – PhD Candidate, MIT Sloan School – Researcher (case studies)
- Gonçalo Costa – Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School – Researcher (statistics)
- Minsun Ji – Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center – Researcher (case studies)
- Douglas Kruse – Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations and Research Director and ISEOPS – Expert Adviser
- Ed Carberry – Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston – Consulting Adviser
- Jungook Kim – Assistant Professor, Chatham University – Consulting Adviser
- Douglas Hirsch – UC Berkeley – Project Manager
- Ray Rios – UC Berkeley Haas School of Business – Administrative Adviser
- Gabriella Rosario – UC Berkeley – Research Intern
- Adam Ross – UC Berkeley Institute for Business and Social Impact – Adviser
To learn more about our team and all contributors who helped with this study and report, visit our study team page.