Employment/Work

M. Slopen. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2024.

Meredith Slopen, a Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, recently testified in Albany about why New York State should expand its paid family leave policy. Her research focuses on ways that workplace polices can reduce inequality throughout the life course.

L. Azzollini, R. Breen, and B. Nolan. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 80. 2023.

G. Hanson. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 73. 2023.

In this interview, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Nancy Folbre discusses her recent study, which looks at why care services providers have relatively low pay compared to workers in business services with equivalent levels of education.

M. Kasy and L. Lehner. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 67. 2023.

Ryan Smith, in this presentation for the Stone Center’s Inequality by the Numbers 2023 virtual workshop, examines persistent inequalities by gender and race in the workplace and the central role of people in positions of authority, and their mis/understandings of racial inequality, for achieving meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

James Parrott, in this presentation for the Stone Center’s Inequality by the Numbers 2023 virtual workshop, provides an update on his 2020 presentation, showing long-term trends in wages, employment, and inequality in New York City, including during the pandemic, and demonstrating the importance of local public policy in reducing racial and economic inequality.

Paul Krugman leads a panel of experts who will discuss the current economy's high inflation and low unemployment, and the policies that can help the U.S. avoid a recession.

In this post, Stone Center Scholar Leslie McCall reflects on a recent panel, Building Political Alliances Across Race and Class, hosted by the Stone Center and the Graduate Center.