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Webinar: Fighting the coronavirus recession and the path forward

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a virtual lecture on Wednesday, May 13 led by Claudia Sahm, director of macroeconomic policy at Equitable Growth, who discussed promising research ideas that support a robust response to fight the coronavirus recession, as well as longer-term efforts to ensure a more resilient U.S. economy in the years to come. Sahm built upon evidence in Recession Ready, with a focus on policies that stabilize the economy through supporting families, small businesses, and communities. Her presentation was followed by a conversation with Heather Boushey, president & CEO of Equitable Growth, on various themes, including the role of fiscal and monetary policy to protect workers and their families, as well as the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the field of macroeconomics.

Click here to see the slides from Claudia Sahm’s lecture.

This event was part of a new series that seeks a deeper understanding of cutting-edge research and analysis on economic inequality and growth. Our lectures will bring together leading scholars to explore how new research is shifting important conversations in academia and economic policy.

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Webinar: Fighting the coronavirus recession and the path forward

Speaker bios:

Heather Boushey is the president & CEO and co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, which was launched in 2013. She is one of the nation’s most influential voices on economic policy and a leading economist who focuses on the intersection between economic inequality, growth, and public policy. Her latest book, Unbound: How Economic Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It (Harvard University Press), which was called “outstanding” and “piercing” by reviewers, was on the Financial Times list of best economics books of 2019. She is also the author of Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict and co-edited a volume of 22 essays about how to integrate inequality into economic thinking, titled After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality. The New York Times has called Boushey one of the “most vibrant voices in the field,” and Politico twice named her one of the top 50 “thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics.” Boushey writes regularly for popular media, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Democracy, and she makes frequent television appearances on Bloomberg, MSNBC, CNBC, and PBS. She previously served as chief economist for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential transition team and as an economist for the Center for American Progress, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and the Economic Policy Institute. She sits on the board of the Opportunity Institute and is an associate editor of Feminist Economics and a senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic and Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research.

Claudia Sahm is the director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She has policy and research expertise on consumer spending, fiscal stimulus, and the financial well-being of households. She is the author of the “Sahm Rule,” a reliable early signal of recessions that she developed as a way to automatically trigger stimulus payments to individuals in a recession. Previously, Sahm was a section chief in the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs at the Federal Reserve Board, where she oversaw the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking. Before that, she worked for 10 years in the Division of Research and Statistics on the staff’s macroeconomic forecast. She was a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in 2015–2016. Sahm holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan (2007) and a B.A. in economics, political science, and German from Denison University (1998).

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Vision 2020 Book Release Breakfast

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced its new book, Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy, at a breakfast event on February 18, 2020. Authored by leading scholars across the country, this compilation of 21 essays highlights a range of new ideas and the research behind them.

We compiled Vision 2020 so the latest research informs critical election-year economic policy debates and to inspire decisionmakers to take action to address inequality’s subversive effect on broadly shared and sustainable economic growth.

Building on many of the key themes and ideas from Equitable Growth’s Vision 2020 conference, this package of policy proposals tackles many of the ways that the increasing concentration of economic resources translates into political and social power.

Panelists:

Heather Boushey (moderator)
President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Author of Vision 2020 essay “New measurement for a new economy”

Robynn Cox
Assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California
Author of Vision 2020 essay “Overcoming social exclusion: Addressing race and criminal justice policy in the United States”

Susan Lambert
Professor of social service and administration at the University of Chicago
Author of Vision 2020 essay “Fair work schedules for the U.S. economy and society: What’s reasonable, feasible, and effective”

Fiona Scott Morton
Professor of economics at Yale University
Author of Vision 2020 essay “Reforming U.S. antitrust enforcement and competition policy”

This event was organized as a widely attended event/gathering under the federal ethics rules. If you have any questions, please contact events@equitablegrowth.org.

Below is the full list of the book’s authors and topics, listed by section:

Competition

Solving the market power problem with evidence-based policies is imperative for delivering the strong, stable, and broad-based growth the country so desperately needs.

“Reforming U.S. antitrust enforcement and competition policy,” by Fiona Scott Morton, professor of economics at Yale University
“Improving competition to lower U.S. prescription drug costs,” by Aaron Kesselheim, professor of medicine at Harvard University

Labor

We must better understand the causes of wage stagnation and how policies can foster the structural transformation of the U.S. labor market so that workers can share in the gains of economic growth.

“Wage and employment implications of U.S. labor market monopsony and possible policy solutions,” by Sydnee Caldwell, incoming assistant professor of business administration and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Suresh Naidu, professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University
“Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation,” by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University
“International trade policy that works for U.S. workers,” by Kimberly Clausing, professor of economics at Reed College
“Rebuilding U.S. labor market wage standards,” by Arindrajit Dube, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Family economic security

The nation needs policies that support families as they engage in the labor market, making it possible for families to both care for each other and raise the next generation while also contributing to the economy through paid employment.

“The economic imperative of enacting paid family leave across the United States,” by Maya Rossin-Slater, assistant professor of health policy at Stanford University, and Jenna Stearns, assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Davis
“Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States,” by Taryn Morrissey, associate professor of public policy at American University
“Fair work schedules for the U.S. economy and society: What’s reasonable, feasible, and effective,” by Susan Lambert, professor of social service and administration at the University of Chicago
“Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers,” by Emily E. Wiemers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University, and Michael D. Carr, associate professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Boston
“Policies to strengthen our nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” by Hilary Hoynes, professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University

Tax and macroeconomics

The rise of inequality has implications for the efficacy of monetary, fiscal, and tax policy tools we have now and new ones we need to strengthen the economy.

“A modest tax reform proposal to raise federal tax rates,” by Owen Zidar, associate professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, and Eric Zwick, associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago
“Good U.S. monetary policy can’t fix bad U.S. fiscal policy,” by John Sabelhaus, visiting scholar at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
“Fighting the next recession in the United States with law and regulation, not just fiscal and monetary policies,” by Yair Listokin, professor of law at Yale University

Inequality and mobility

Economic and noneconomic outcomes are still dictated by parental resources, race, and privilege. More needs to be done to bring all groups into the economy on equal footing.

“Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States,” by Bradley Hardy, associate professor of public administration and policy at American University, and Trevon Logan, professor of economics at The Ohio State University
“Overcoming social exclusion: Addressing race and criminal justice policy in the United States,” by Robynn Cox, assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California
“Prisoner re-entry in Native American communities offers lessons of resilience and nationwide policy solutions,” by Blythe George, postdoctoral sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley
“The logistics of a reparations program in the United States,” by Dania V. Francis, assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston
“Promote economic and racial justice: Eliminate student loan debt and establish a right to higher education across the United States,” by Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and professor of public affairs at The Ohio State University, and Naomi Zewde, assistant professor of public health and health policy at The City University of New York
“A plan for equitable climate policy in the United States,” by Leah C. Stokes and Matto Mildenberger, assistant professors of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara
“New measurement for a new economy,” by Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Equitable Growth’s reception at ASSA 2020

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a reception during the ASSA Annual Meeting on Friday, January 3, 2020, at 8:00 p.m.

The reception was a chance to connect with other scholars, Equitable Growth staff, and our academic advisors to learn more about our research, grantmaking, academic programming, and policy engagement. The reception included complimentary hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

Equitable Growth was pleased to welcome Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, who gave brief remarks about the efforts of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP).

Please direct any questions about the event to events@equitablegrowth.org.

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Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy

What was it?

Vision 2020 brought together leading voices from the policymaking, academic, and advocacy communities to highlight the most pressing economic issues facing Americans today. The daylong conference explored recent transformative shifts in economic thinking that demonstrate how inequality obstructs, subverts, and distorts broadly shared economic growth and what we can do to fix it. The past four decades of economic policy delivered slow growth, record-high income and wealth inequality, and social immobility. At Vision 2020, you heard from some of the most cutting-edge thinkers, researchers, and, dare we say, visionaries on how to reverse these trends and instead advance strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth.

Who attended?

Federal, state, and local policymakers and their staff; leaders from think tanks and advocacy organizations; journalists who cover economic issues.

What was on the agenda?

From panel discussions, fireside chats, keynotes, and storytelling sessions, Vision 2020 focused on what research and history can tell us about how to make the U.S. economy work for everyone, not just those at the top.

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Introduction
Casey Schoeneberger, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Opening Remarks
Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Panel: Toward a New Economy
Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Dania Francis, University of Massachusetts Boston
Sarah Bloom Raskin, Duke University
Moderator: Jeanna Smialek, The New York Times

Toward a New Economy (Part I)

Toward a New Economy (Part II)

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Economy in Focus: Building Worker Power
Carmen Rojas, The Workers Lab

Building Worker Power

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Break and Refreshments

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Economy in Focus: Lessons from the New Deal for Enacting a Green New Deal Today
Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University

Lessons from the New Deal for Enacting a Green New Deal Today

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Panel: The Front Line of Structural Change
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Global Policy Solutions
Bradley Hardy, American University
Cecilia Muñoz, New America
Tom Perriello, Open Society Foundations
Moderator: Anmol Chaddha, Institute for the Future

The Front Line of Structural Change (Part I)

The Front Line of Structural Change (Part II)

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Economy in Focus: The Story of Sadie Alexander
Nina Banks, Bucknell University

The Story of Sadie Alexander

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Introduction
David Mitchell, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Featured speaker: Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union
Fighting Power with Power: Unions for All

David Mitchell introduces Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees International Union

Fighting Power with Power: Unions for All (Part I)

Fighting Power with Power: Unions for All (Part II)

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Panel: A Conversation about Structural Racism in the Economy
Byron Auguste, Opportunity@Work
Camille Busette, The Brookings Institution
Mónica García-Pérez, St. Cloud State University
Moderator: Gillian White, The Atlantic

A Conversation about Structural Racism in the Economy (Part I)

A Conversation about Structural Racism in the Economy (Part II)

2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Fireside Chat: Trust Busting in the 21st Century
The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Federal Trade Commission
Moderator: Brian Fung, CNN

Trust Busting in the 21st Century

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Break and Refreshments

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat: The Rise of Monopsony Power in the Labor Market
Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University
Moderator: Kate Bahn, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

The Rise of Monopsony Power in the Labor Market

3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Panel: Macroeconomic Implications of Inequality
Karen Dynan, Harvard University
Claudia Sahm, Federal Reserve
Moderator: Ylan Mui, CNBC

Macroeconomic Implications of Inequality (Part I)

Macroeconomic Implications of Inequality (Part II)

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Greg Leiserson, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

4:30 p.m.
Reception

Who spoke?

Bryon Auguste,
Opportunity at Work

Kate Bahn,
Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Nina Banks,
Bucknell University

Sarah Bloom Raskin,
Duke University

Heather Boushey,
Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Camille Busette,
Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings

Anmol Chadda,
Institute for the Future

Rohit Chopra,
Federal Trade Commission

Lizabeth Cohen,
Harvard University

Arin Dube,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Karen Dynan,
Harvard University

Bradley Hardy,
American University

Brian Fung,
CNN

Mary Kay Henry,
Service Employees International Union

Alex Hertel Fernandez,
Columbia University

Dania Francis,
University of Massachusetts Boston

Mónica Garcia Perez,
St. Cloud State University

Ylan Mui,
CNBC

Cecilia Munoz,
New America

Thomas Perriello,
Open Society Foundations

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings,
Global Policy Solutions

Carmen Rojas,
The Workers Lab

Claudia Sahm,
Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Jeanna Smialek,
The New York Times

Gillian B. White,
The Atlantic

Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It (Invitation only)

On September 18, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted an installment of our Research on Tap conversation series—a space for drinks, dialogue, and debate—to celebrate the release of Equitable Growth President and CEO Heather Boushey’s book, Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It. Boushey was joined by professors Sandra Black (Columbia University) and Atif Mian (Princeton University) and Angela Hanks (Groundwork Collaborative) for a conversation moderated by Binyamin Appelbaum (The New York Times) about how inequality obstructs, subverts, and distorts our economy and how policymakers can promote economic growth that is strong, stable, and broadly shared.

Featuring:

Sandra Black, Professor of economics and international and public affairs, Columbia University and Former Member, Council of Economic Advisers
Heather Boushey, President and CEO, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Angela Hanks, Deputy executive director of Groundwork Collaborative
Atif Mian, Professor of economics, public policy, and finance, Princeton University
Binyamin Appelbaum (moderator), Editorial Board Member, The New York Times

Discussion highlighted the new consensus emerging in academia, which argues reducing inequality is not only fair but also key to delivering broadly shared economic growth and stability. Discussion points included:

Do we have to choose between equality and prosperity?
What have we learned about the impact of inequality on economic growth?
What does an economy that delivers strong, stable, and broadly shared growth look like, and what can policymakers do to get us there?
What does equitable economic growth mean for the future?

This event was invitation only.

View a recording of the event below:

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Research on Tap—Unbound

Racial and Gender Wage Gaps: Overcoming Structural Barriers to Shared Growth

On July 9, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a conversation on wage gaps for women and people of color, and what we can do about it.

Wage stagnation and falling economic mobility are endemic economic problems in the United States. Their effects fall most severely on communities of color and women, who also face large wage gaps compared with white men. Key to solving wage stagnation and overall income inequality is a recognition that deeply ingrained structural forces keep many Americans from sharing in economic prosperity. This event will feature research and discussion from policy experts on the wage gaps in U.S. society.

Racial and Gender Wage Gaps Event

Featured:
Heather Boushey, Executive Director, Washington Center for Equitable Growth (Welcome Remarks)
Alma Adams, Congresswoman, North Carolina’s 12th District, Chairwoman, Workforce Protections Subcommittee (Keynote)

Discussants:
Kate Bahn, Director of Labor Market Policy and Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Darrick Hamilton, Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity; Associate Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, Ohio State University
Marlene Kim, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Maya Raghu, Director of Workplace Equality and Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Carmen Rojas, Co-Founder and CEO, The Workers’ Lab

The conversation examined intersectional wage gaps in the United States for workers of different genders, races, ethnicities, and backgrounds, and covered the following topics:

What are the specific wage gaps experienced by different identity groups, and why is it important to look at them through an intersectional lens?
Why has wage inequality among workers based on their identity been so persistent? How are historically disadvantaged groups of workers held back from sharing in the gains of economic growth?
Are unions equipped to promote inclusive wage increases and strengthen worker bargaining power? What other models of worker collective action are promising for boosting wages for historically disadvantaged groups?
What are appropriate policy responses to protect workers from harmful effects of workplace fissuring and ensure that pathways to the middle class remain accessible in the “future of work”?

For any questions, please contact events@equitablegrowth.org.

Research on Tap—New frontiers in antitrust: Pathways to a competitive economy

On May 29, Equitable Growth hosted Fiona Scott Morton and Jonathan B. Baker, academic experts on competition and former antitrust enforcers, for a conversation on what we know about rising market power in the U.S. economy and how we can fix it.

The discussion focused on critical questions at the intersection of competition policy, economic inequality, and economic growth:

What does the evidence tell us about whether market power is prevalent in the U.S. economy?
What does the evidence tell us about the causes and consequences of such market power?
How can policymakers and the legal community address failures in antitrust and competition policy?

The event was open to the public.

If you have any questions, please reach out to events@equitablegrowth.org.

Unequal Shocks and the Amplification of Recessions (Invitation only)

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar by Christina Patterson, resident scholar at Equitable Growth and Ph.D. candidate in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Patterson presented new research on the amplification of recessions through the unequal incidence of shocks among workers. Using U.S. administrative data, she defines a mechanism—the Matching Multiplier—to capture the amplification of aggregate shocks based on the composition of worker marginal propensities to consume, or MPC. Patterson documents that earnings of high-MPC individuals are more exposed to recessions and shows, using local labor market variation, that areas with higher matching multipliers experience larger employment fluctuations over the business cycle.

This event was an installment of our monthly academic seminar series, which aims to elevate important new research on issues related to whether and how economic inequality impacts economic growth. It was hosted at our offices in Washington, DC.

For questions, please contact events@equitablegrowth.org.

Preparing for the Next Recession: Policies to Reduce the Impact on the U.S. Economy

A Hamilton Project and Washington Center for Equitable Growth policy forum

Identifying the most effective policy responses to mitigate the damaging effects of a recession can pose significant challenges for policymakers, who are often operating under intense time constraints and political pressure at the onset of an economic downturn. Historically, the U.S. has responded to recent recessions with a mix of monetary policy action and discretionary fiscal stimulus. However, since monetary policy options may be limited during the next recession, policymakers should consider adopting a range of fiscal policy measures now to help stabilize the economy when a future downturn inevitably occurs. This can be achieved with a range of fiscal policy responses aimed at expediting the next recovery through strengthening job creation and restoring confidence to businesses and households.

On May 16, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will co-convene a forum to explore policy options to reduce the impact of the next recession. The forum will begin with opening remarks by Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, followed by a fireside chat between Ben S. Bernanke, Distinguished Fellow in Residence, Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution and former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Christina Romer, Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and former Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. The fireside chat will be moderated by Sam Fleming, U.S. economics editor and Washington deputy bureau chief, The Financial Times.

The event will also include three roundtable discussions that will explore expediting funding to states; improving the efficiency of tax cuts as a fiscal stimulus; and strengthening the social safety net. Roundtable panelists will include Jason Furman, professor of the practice of economic policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Robert Greenstein, president, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Jeanne M. Lambrew, commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Maine; Shoshana M. Lew, executive director, Colorado Department of Transportation; Karen Dynan, professor of the practice of economics, Harvard Kennedy School; and Lourdes Padilla, secretary, Department of Human Services, State of Maryland, among other distinguished experts and scholars.

The event will coincide with the release of a new book from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and The Hamilton Project titled, “Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy,” which offers detailed policy proposals for making current programs—including unemployment insurance, nutrition assistance, basic temporary assistance, employment subsidies, tax policy, intergovernmental grants, and infrastructure spending—more effective as automatic stabilizers.

For updates on the event, follow @HamiltonProj and @equitablegrowth, and join the conversation using #RecessionReady.

To RSVP, please contact the Brookings Office of Communications at events@brookings.edu or visit the event page.

If you are unable to attend in person, you can register to watch the live webcast here.

Agenda:

12:30 p.m.	Event registration opens (lunch provided)
1:00 p.m.	Welcome
	Robert E. Rubin Former U.S. Treasury Secretary; Co-Chair Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
1:10 p.m.	Fireside chat: A conversation with Ben Bernanke and Christina Romer
	Ben S. Bernanke Distinguished Fellow in Residence, Economic Studies The Brookings Institution
	Christina Romer Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics University of California, Berkeley
	Moderator: Sam Fleming US Economics Editor, Washington Deputy Bureau Chief The Financial Times
2:00 p.m.	Roundtable discussion: Policy options to expedite funding to states
	Jason Furman Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
	Andrew Haughwout Senior Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of New York
	Jeanne M. Lambrew Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Maine
	Shoshana M. Lew Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation
	Moderator: Jay Shambaugh Director, The Hamilton Project, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
2:55 p.m.	Break
3:05 p.m.	Roundtable discussion: Providing direct payments to households as fiscal stimulus
	Claudia Sahm Chief, Consumer and Community Development Research Section Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
	Moderator: Karen Dynan Professor of the Practice of Economics Harvard Kennedy School
3:30 p.m.	Roundtable discussion: Strengthening the safety net to reduce the effects of future recessions
	Robert Greenstein President, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
	Lourdes Padilla Secretary, Department of Human Services, State of Maryland
	Gabriel Chodorow-Reich Assistant Professor of Economics Harvard University
	Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy; Director, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
	Moderator: Heather Boushey Executive Director and Chief Economist Washington Center for Equitable Growth
4:30 p.m.	Forum adjourns

Understanding support for new forms of labor representation (Invitation only)

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar for Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University and Equitable Growth grantee. Hertel-Fernandez presented new research examining worker and management preferences for specific aspects of labor organization. This research, based on original survey data, seeks to better understand what workers want from labor organizations, including traditional unions but also alternatives being debated now and present in other countries, and how employee preferences differ across industries and occupations. Learn more about Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and his research here.

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