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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.

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

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Op-Eds & Columns

After Four Decades, Finally: The Beginning of the End
Mark Weisbrot
Common Dreams, November 5, 2008

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

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Press Releases

New Book Finds that Latin America Guarantees Paid Leave to New Moms, But Dads Have to Keep Working

November 17, 2009

Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Women Workers
December 2008

Unemployment Jumps to 6.1 Percent, Women Hit Hardest
September 5, 2008 (Jobs Byte)

Opt Out Revolution? New Evidence to the Contrary
January 10, 2008

Millions of Low-Income Families Who Need Medicaid and SCHIP Are Ineligible for Benefits
September 25, 2007

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Other Resources

CEPR Work and Family Briefings
Audio files and PowerPoint presentations of five Congressional briefings on work/life issues (June - October 2006).

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.

Flat World, Big Gaps

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)

Inequality Matters

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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