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CEPR analyzes how families balance work and care, and how public policies affect family well-being.
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Reports
Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion
September 2009, Shawn Fremstad
Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann
Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
May 2009, Jody Heymann, Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, and Alison Earle
Economics and Politics of Work-Family Policy: The Case for a State Family Leave Insurance Program
Spring 2009, Karen White and Eileen Appelbaum
Workplace Innovation and Labor Policy Leadership: A Challenge to Business, Labor, and Government
April 2009, Thomas A. Kochan, Eileen Appelbaum, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Carrie Leana, and Richard A. Gephardt
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Op-Eds & Columns
Myths About U.S. Economic Model May Not Survive the World Recession
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 14, 2009
Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, May 11, 2009
A Stimulus for Working Fewer Hours
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (New York Times), March 29, 2009
Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More than Ever
Mark Weisbrot
San Diego Union-Tribune, February 27, 2009
Quick, What's Wrong With a Tax Cut that Shortens Work Hours?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, February 16, 2009
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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
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)
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Inequality Matters:
The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences
with chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(2006)
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