Sarah Nzau

A woman carries her free groceries from the PICA Olneyville Food Center amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

White House or State House: Who do we listen to on social distancing?

Sarah Nzau and Richard V. Reeves

Monday, April 27, 2020

automation

Machines and the middle class: 5 lessons from a discussion between Marcus Casey and James Bessen

Sarah Nzau and Marcus Casey

Friday, January 17, 2020

A child gets some help with balance as they skate at the Bryant Park Skating rink in the Manhattan borough of New York November 30, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) - GM1EAC10E0T01

A primer on access to and use of paid family leave

Isabel V. Sawhill, Sarah Nzau, and Katherine Guyot

Thursday, December 5, 2019

An automated guided vehicle carrying a battery pack moves under a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at General Motors Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. Photo taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC16181E9F00

Automation, work and skills

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Heather Padgett, with her mother Debi Padgett (R), takes her daughters Kinsley and Kiley for a walk outside their home in Cincinnati, Ohio July 16, 2015. Until she got clean last August, Heather was part of what the Centers for Disease Control has called a heroin epidemic - a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise in heroin addiction, coupled with the risks of newborns developing withdrawal symptoms after they are sent home, has led a group of Cincinnati hospitals to try what they say is the first program of its kind in the United States: testing all mothers, or their infants, for opiates regardless of background, not just those who seem high-risk. To match Feature USA-HEROIN/MATERNALTESTING Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - GF20000015645

What are the challenges to adopting a federal paid family leave program?

Isabel V. Sawhill and Sarah Nzau

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

An electroimpact automated fiber placement machine, which lays down carbon fiber strips onto the 777X spar, seen during a media tour of the Boeing 777X at the Boeing Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Picture taken February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC1B1FA69A40

The differing impact of automation on men and women's work

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: The end of the American dream?, opportunity markets, and more

Sarah Nzau and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: More jobs for high-wage workers, social welfare, and more

Sarah Nzau and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

How much will automation impact the middle class? We don’t know yet

How much will automation impact the middle class?

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Thursday, July 18, 2019

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: Universal family care, minimum wage analysis, and more

Sarah Nzau and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, July 17, 2019