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Commentary
What Is Work?
In an animation by Institute for New Economic Thinking, PERI's Nancy Folbre shows how nearly half of all work done in this country is ignored by economists. She argues that we need to create better measures of non-market income, consumption and investment.
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Research
Coronavirus Fiscal Policy in the United States: Lessons from Feminist Political Economy
Working Paper, October 2020 |
Katherine Moos
Commentary
Women Outnumber Men in the U.S. Workforce–What Does it Mean?
The Real News Network
Interview, February 2020 |
Katherine Moos
Women Outnumber Men in the U.S. Workforce-What Does it Mean?
PERI's Katherine Moos discusses December's employment data, which shows that for the second time in history women outnumber men in the U.S. workforce.
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Research
Commentary
Unpaid Caregiving Increases Risk of Poverty in Retirement
The Real News Network
Interview, July 2019 |
Christian Weller
Unpaid Caregiving Increases Risk of Poverty in Retirement
In The Real News Network interview, Christian Weller discusses his study showing that caregivers of children or elderly parents are less likely to have decent retirement savings.
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Research
Unpaid Family Caregiving and Retirement Savings
Working Paper, July 2019 |
Christian Weller, Michele Tolson
Commentary
Advancing New Perspectives on Feminist Political Economy: Interview with Katherine Moos
Interview, October 2019 |
Katherine Moos
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