This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What is wealth? Wealth is more than money and financial assets. Critical to the accumulation and sustainability of wealth is power and agency; a sense of control over one’s life…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All Brittany Mann thinks about when she’s at work is her infant daughter, Aahliyah. While Mann works 12-hour shifts as a security guard at a women’s homeless shelter in lower…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing women in the US out of the workplace in droves, putting them at risk of years of unemployment and financial uncertainty. US employers cut 140,000 jobs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Employment services and work-based supports are critically important in an economic downturn, especially for the most vulnerable populations. MDRC’s recent virtual discussions with two employment providers, as part of the Building…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lest 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind—a hope more than a few of us hold—existing trends that accelerated during the pandemic will continue in 2021. That’s what lies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Roughly one-quarter of adults believe they are financially worse off now than at the beginning of the pandemic. However, not all generations have experienced the COVID-19 economic recession equally. In March and April,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For some women, a break from work around childbirth is a temporary period of recovery and bonding before resuming their previous work responsibilities. For others, however, it constitutes a more…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Maureen Conway and Alex Swartse explain how dedicated funding to improve job quality can make an impact. • What role can you play in improving job quality?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has exacerbated the need for improvements in how we train and protect our workforce. Some of these needs are immediate, such as better worker health protections during the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As discussions of inequality ring louder and increasingly occupy our social psyche, our interdisciplinary team (together with Seth Goldman and Brendan O’Connor from the University of Massachusetts Amherst) has examined…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Amy Coney Barrett became the third justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court during Trump’s presidency, I couldn’t help but think about the court’s recent decisions that have, for the moment,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report at Migration Policy Institute demonstrates the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on unemployment for immigrant women. • How does the disparate impact of the pandemic…