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CEPR conducts research and recommends policy solutions on range of issues affecting women, including maternity/paid leave, health care, Social Security, childcare and work/life balance.
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Reports
Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality
September 2008, Rebecca Ray, Janet C. Gornick and John Schmitt
Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help
July 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt
Movin’ On Up: Reforming America’s Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class
February 2008, Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray, Liz Chimienti, and John Schmitt
Opting Out? The Effect of Children on Women's Employment in the United States
January 2008, Heather Boushey
Bridging the Gaps: A Picture of How Work Supports Work in Ten States
October 2007, Randy Albelda and Heather Boushey
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Op-Eds & Columns
Working Family Values: No-Benefit Jobs Leave Parents Struggling
Heather Boushey
Sojourners, September/ October 2007
Mommies Opting Out of Work: A Myth That Won't Die
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, June 9, 2007
Women Catch Up With Men's 2006 Earnings Today
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, April 24, 2007
Every Uninsured Child Should Have Access to Health Care
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, March 30, 2007
How to Expand the Middle Class
Shawn Fremstad & Margy Waller
Philadelphia Daily News, March 29, 2007
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Other Resources
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CEPR Work and Family Briefings
Audio files and PowerPoint presentations of five Congressional briefings on work/life issues (June - October 2006).
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CEPR Economics Seminar Series
Audio and video files of ten CEPR lectures on economic issues
Life, Work and Debt for Generations X and Y
Presentation by Heather Boushey at the New America Foundation, July 27, 2006 (includes video and audio)
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Bridging the Gaps
CEPR is teaming up with state and national groups to
document the persistent gaps between low-income working
families' basic needs and the resources available to them.
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Flat World, Big Gaps:
Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty And Inequality>
with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, and a chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(forthcoming in May 2007)
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Inequality Matters:
The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences
with chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(2006)
CNNMoney.com: Moms Rise Up, Fight for Workplace Rights
January 11, 2007
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