Elisabeth Jacobs
Elisabeth Jacobs

Senior Fellow

The Urban Institute

Elisabeth Jacobs is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population. She is also the deputy director of WorkRise. Jacobs is the former senior director for Family Economic Security at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she was a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a co-founder of Brookings’ Social Mobility Memos blog. Earlier in her career, she served as senior policy advisor to the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, and as an advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Authored By Elisabeth Jacobs

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Rethinking 20th century policies to support 21st century families

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
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California’s paid family leave policy is decreasing nursing home use and saving Medicaid dollars

FamiliesInequality & MobilityLaborTax & Macroeconomics
In Conversation

In conversation with Richard Reeves

Inequality & Mobility
In Conversation

In conversation with Joan Williams

Inequality & Mobility
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Why enforcing U.S. labor standards may be more important than ever

Tax & MacroeconomicsLabor
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Does targeted or universal pre-Kindergarten better serve low-income kids?

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
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Can women’s “sagging middle” help explain the fall in U.S. labor force participation rates?

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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TOPICS: Gender
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What do trends in economic inequality imply for innovation and entrepreneurship?

Inequality & Mobility
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Putting the new U.S. Census data on income and poverty in context

Inequality & Mobility
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TOPICS: Poverty
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The Declining Labor Force Participation Rate: Causes, Consequences, and the Path Forward

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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President Obama’s “middle-class economics”

FamiliesLaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Stable families, prosperous economy

Families

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