Economic Self-Reliance and Gender Inequality Between U.S. Men and Women, 1970–2010
D. Bloome, D. Burk, and L. McCall. American Journal of Sociology. vol. 124, no. 5. 2019.
What Happens When We Focus on Women?
Janet Gornick explains how proposed universal child care and other social benefit programs would help workers in the United States.
Panel: Workers and Wages in America Today
In this video, a panel of experts examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker.
Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862-1910
B. Mijatovic and B. Milanovic. Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies. Working Papers in Economic History. 2019.
2018 Rainwater Memorial Lecture: Professor Kathryn Edin
In this video, Kathryn Edin explains her work with the next generation of working-class men.
Redistributional Policy in Rich Countries: Institutions and Impacts in Nonelderly Households
J.C. Gornick and T.M. Smeeding. Annual Review of Sociology. vol. 44. pp. 441-468. 2018.
Panel: Trade, Jobs, and Inequality (First 100 Days)
In this video, New York Times columnist Eduardo Porter hosts a panel of experts on the complex interrelationship between trade, jobs, and inequality.
Panel: Globalization and Inequality
Is globalization responsible for increased income inequality? Watch three experts and Graduate Center professors explore the complex relationship between these large-scale economic trends.
Gender and Poverty
J.C. Gornick and N. Boeri. In The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty. D. Brady and L.M. Burton (eds). pp. 221-246. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016.
The Economics of Work-Life Conflict
In this video, Heather Boushey and Janet Gornick discuss why resolving work-life conflicts is as vital for individuals and families as it is for our country’s productivity.