Reports

Testimony of Eileen Appelbaum before the House Committee on Education and Labor
March 3, 2009

Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers
December 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

Working Families and Economic Insecurity in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports
May 2008, Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray and Hye Jin Rho

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, with Elizabeth Chimienti, Rebecca Ray, and Ben Zipperer

The Paid Sick and Safe Days Act of 2007, Bill 17-0197 (Testimony)
July 9, 2007, Heather Boushey

Job Tenure and Firm Size Provisions Exclude Many Young Parents from Family and Medical Leave
June 2007, Heather Boushey and John Schmitt

Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women (Testimony)
April 24, 2007, Heather Boushey

Perspectives on Work/Family Balance (Testimony to the EEOC)
April 17, 2007 Heather Boushey

Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
March 2007, Heather Boushey, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, Margy Waller

Celebrating Pork: The Dubious Success of the Medicare Drug Benefit
March 2007, Dean Baker

Economic Security and Opportunity for Working Families (Testimony)
January 16, 2007, Eileen Appelbaum

Book Review: "Selling Women Short"
October 2006, Heather Boushey

Tag-Team Parenting
August 2006, Heather Boushey

The Savings from an Efficient Medicare Drug Plan
January 2006, Dean Baker

Impact of Proposed Minimum-Wage Increase on Low-income Families
December 2005, Heather Boushey and John Schmitt

Are Women Opting Out? Debunking the Myth
November 2005, Heather Boushey

Student Debt: Bigger and Bigger
September 2005, Heather Boushey

Gender Bias in the Current Economic Recovery?: Declining Employment Rates for Women in the 21st Century
August 2005, Heather Boushey, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

The Housing Bubble Fact Sheet
July 2005, Dean Baker

Family-Friendly Policies: Boosting Mothers' Wages
April 2005, Heather Boushey

Social Security: The Most Important Anti-Poverty Program for Children
March 29, 2005, Heather Boushey

When Done Right, Work Supports Work: Medicaid and Mothers' Employment and Wages
March 2005, Heather Boushey

The Effects on Employment and Wages When Medicaid and Child Care Subsidies are No Longer Available
January 2005, Heather Boushey

Plunging Employment: Blame Mom?
June 2004, Dean Baker and Heather Boushey

Working Moms and Child Care
May 2004, Heather Boushey and Joseph Wright, 

Still a Pain: The Cost of Prescription Drugs to Seniors With the Medicare Drug Benefit
December 2003, Dean Baker

Jobs Held by Former Welfare Recipients Hit Hard by Economic Downturn
September 2003, Heather Boushey and David Rosnick

Who Cares? The Child Care Choices of Working Mothers
May 2003, Heather Boushey