Social/Family Policy

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.

In this video, leading thinkers grapple with the major issues surrounding women’s rights and gender equality.

In this video, Angus Deaton traces the dramatic increase in human prosperity over the past 250 years as well as the widening gap between the poor and sick, and the rich and well.

B. Bradbury, M. Corak, J. Waldfogel, and E. Washbrook. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2015.

J.C. Gornick. In Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States: Comparing Care Policies and Practice. G.B. Eydal and T. Rostgaard (eds). pp. 373-384. Chicago: Bristol University Press. 2015.

J.C. Gornick. Community, Work & Family. vol. 18, no. 2. pp. 236-243. 2015.

P. Keefer and B. Milanovic. The World Bank. no. 7129. 2014.

Watch Senator Elizabeth Warren and Paul Krugman address a range of topics, such as consumer safeguards, student loan refinancing, bankruptcy protection, banking controls, minimum wage reform and women’s health care.

J.C. Gornick and A. Hegewisch. In Lessons from Europe? What Americans Can Learn from European Public Policies. R.D. Keleman (ed). pp. 17-41. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. 2014.

D. Bakst, S. Leiwant, and J.C. Gornick. In Toward a 21st Century for All: Progressive Policies for New York City in 2013 and Beyond. J. Mollenkopf (ed). pp. 246-288. New York: CUNY. 2013.