I went to an interesting talk this week by Mariana Mazzucato at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London. In her new book, The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Myths, Mariana makes the argument that states shape markets. States drive innovation through their investments in basic research and new ideas. At her talk at IPPR, she […]
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Tomorrow, I’ll be in Bath! Time in work versus time with children – social gradients and consequences for families and the economy Date: Thursday 20th June Time: 14:15-17:05 Room: 3E3.11 Drinks reception: 17:05-18:30, 3E2.20 Introduction: Over the final quarter of the last century and through to today there have been large changes to labour market and family structures on […]
According to a new report released by the AARP, the answer is yes. Many of us want more on-the-job flexibility to care for our loved ones. However, the realities of the needs of an aging population are clashing with the reality that most of us hold down a job outside the home, but have too-little workplace flexibility. […]
San Francisco is considering a new kind of family-friendly workplace policy: Earlier this week, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced a ballot measure that would give employees the right to request a flexible schedule. The right-to-request law would not mandate that employers provide all workers with the schedules they desire, but it would require that employers […]
A new working paper by economists Henry S. Farber and Robert G. Valletta finds that during a recession, extra weeks of unemployment benefits don’t keep people from finding jobs, they keep them afloat while they search for a job. In the paper, Farber and Valletta exploit the variation in the timing and size of extensions to […]
Heather Boushey 