Center on Children and Families

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The macroeconomics of automation: Data, theory, and policy analysis

Nir Jaimovich, Henry Siu, Itay Saporta-Eksten, and Yaniv Yedid-Levi

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

automation

Automation: A guide for policymakers

James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Organized labor

Organized labor and the employment trajectories of workers in routine jobs: Evidence from US panel data

Zachary Parolin

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is home to a large Somali population and is near US Bank Stadium, the site of the NFL's Super Bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. January 19, 2018. Picture taken January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Craig Lassig - RC1FAAB77180

Expanding and diversifying housing: Approaches and impacts on opportunity

Jenny Schuetz, Abigail Wozniak, and Zach Swaziek

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

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

A line worker installs the back seats on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co's automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S., August 23, 2018. Picture taken August 23, 2018. REUTERS/William DeShazer - RC1B6E2ACF40

Gender, occupational segregation, and automation

Patricia Cortes and Jessica Pan

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Librarian Bertrand Bobis (L) teaches a senior citizen how to use a Facebook account during a class at a branch of the New York Public Library in New York August 13, 2012. Seniors, some in their 90s, could soon be making new friends on Facebook thanks to New York libraries offering classes to help the elderly learn, or brush up their social network skills. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION) - GM2E88E0HDJ01

Employment and training for mature adults

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Jacob Bailey conducts assembly on an SUV chassis at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas June 9, 2015. General Motors Co is raising the stakes on its bet that sales of fuel-thirsty sport utility vehicles will keep driving its global profits as Chinese and other markets sag. GM said on July 14, 2015 that it plans to spend $1.4 billion to modernize the factory in Arlington, Texas, that builds the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban and GMC Yukon sport utility vehicles. It's the largest single investment in a $5.4 billion, three-year plant upgrade program announced earlier this year. Picture taken June 9, 2015. To match Insight GM-SUVS/ REUTERS/Mike Stone - GF10000166170

How automation and other forms of IT affect the middle class

Nir Jaimovich and Henry E. Siu

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Students walk through the campus of Temple University, which has an enrollment of more than a 38,000 and offers 464 academic degree programs, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on December 1, 2016. To match Special Report COLLEGE-CHARITIES/ REUTERS/Mark Makela - TM3ECC1196W01

Predicting the impact of college subsidy programs on college enrollment

Matt Kasman and Katherine Guyot

Monday, October 21, 2019

REFILE - CORRECTING ID Farmer Isabel Milligan drives a tractor as she weeds and transplants crops on the farm in Amagansett, New York, U.S., July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsay Morris - RC1B9CA1E620

The geography of desperation in America: Labor force participation, mobility trends, place, and well-being

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Tuesday, October 15, 2019