Economic Security Projects

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Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice for Women

2020 - 2023
This study, funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, examines entrepreneurship as a career choice for women.
Family Friendly: How Are Firms and Establishments Affected by State Paid Family Leave Programs?

2020 - 2022
Researchers investigate the impact of paid family leave programs on business firms in California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island for this research study funded by the National Science Foundation.
Career Dynamics: A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Firms and Households

2018 - 2020
This study, funded by the Russel Sage Foundation, focuses on understanding the dynamics of gender earnings and employment gaps with age and career experience in the U.S.
Segregation and Job-to-Job Mobility

Ongoing since 2015
Researchers use Norwegian time-use survey data to study the effect of performance pay on the allocation of tasks within the household and analyzing worker mobility and earnings in the U.S.-linked employer-employee data

Surviving and Striving: Low-Income Parents Pursuit of Higher Education as a Path Out of Poverty

2018 - 2019
This project explored policies that support and impede student parents and other factors within their lived experiences that shape their success.
Census Survey of Business Owners Project

2015 - 2019
This project looks at entrepreneurship using data from the Survey of Business Owners.
Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Job Creation

2015 - 2020
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., examined the impacts of immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. for this study funded by the National Science Foundation.
Family Policies and Women’s Labor Market Careers

2010 - 2011
This research project analyzes the effects of family leave policies in the United States and Finland.