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Work/Life

CEPR analyzes how families balance work and care, and how public policies affect family well-being.

Reports

Unions and Upward Mobility for Latino Workers
September 2008, John Schmitt

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

Access to Driving and License Suspension Policies for the Twenty-First Century Economy
July 2008, Sandra Gustitus, Melody Simmons, and Margy Waller

Work-Life Policies for the Twenty-First Century Economy
June 2008, Heather Boushey, Layla Moughari, Sarah Sattelmeyer, and Margy Waller

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Op-Eds & Columns

Why Obama Has Pulled Ahead on the Economic Issues
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), October 23, 2008

Millennial Dilemma
Matt Sherman
October 16, 2008

Prepare to Suffer
John Schmitt
BusinessWeek, October 16, 2008

Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald
, September 1, 2008

Fast Facts for Father's Day: Lone-Father Families and Economic Insecurity
Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Ray
June 12, 2008

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Press Releases

Sharpest Consumption Drop Since 1980 Pushes GDP Negative
October 30, 2008 (GDP Byte)

Inflation Levels Off in September
October 16, 2008 (Prices Byte)

Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Younger Workers
October 16, 2008

Are You Better Off in 2008 Than You Were in 2000?
September 25, 2008

Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Latino Workers
September 16, 2008

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Other Resources

CEPR Work and Family Briefings 
Audio files and PowerPoints presentations of five Congressional briefings on work/life issues

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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.

The Mobility Agenda The Mobility Agenda
This project brings new ideas for improving job quality, wages and benefits to the attention of
researchers and policymakers.

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)

Inequality Matters

Inequality Matters:
The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences
with chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(2006)