New Study on the State of Women and Girls in Massachusetts
For the media / 2025
Learn more about where our research initiatives started, and where they are today
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2024
The parental pay gap over the life cycle: Children, jobs, and labor supply (2024)
Publications / Journal Publications
Insider: A woman's chance for equal pay plummets when she has a kid — and never recovers, says the newest Harvard economist to win the Nobel Prize
Recent Coverage / 2024
WCW Research Scientist Contributes to Work Recognized by Nobel Prize
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2023
Bloomberg: Addressing the Gender Earnings Gap
Recent Coverage / 2023
The Gender Earnings Gap Persists Over a Lifetime
The Motherhood Penalty and the Fatherhood Premium: The Gender Wage Gap Across the Family Life Cycle
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2022
VOX EU: When the Kids Grow Up
Recent Coverage / 2022
What We Do for a Living: Gender Differences in Tasks and Pay (WHAFL)
All Projects / Active Projects
Did Paid Sick Leave and Family Medical Leave Ameliorate the Health and Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC (Book Chapter) (2020)
Why Firms Offer Paid Parental Leave: An Exploratory Study (2020)
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Will Play a Key Role in Economic Recovery
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2020
COVID-19 and Gender Equality: “This is not about returning to normal”
Media Library / Videos by WCW Scholars and Trainers
Entrepreneurship and Social Mobility of Women
Immigrant entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the survey of business owners 2007 & 2012 (2020)
Behavioral Scientist: How Immigrants Drive Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Recent Coverage / 2020
Immigrant Entrepreneurs (2020)
Immigration Policy Levers for US Innovation and Startups (2020)
Post-secondary education and information on labor market prospects: A randomized field experiment (2020)
Forbes: Assessing Risk Tolerance Among Inventors, CEOs, And Entrepreneurs: Who’s The Riskiest?
Recent Coverage / 2019
Economist Testifies Before Congress on the Benefits of Immigration
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2019
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC (2019)
Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice for Women
Family Friendly: How Are Firms and Establishments Affected by State Paid Family Leave Programs?
World Economic Forum: Three Distinct Personality Traits Drive Entrepreneurs to Take Risks
Risk Attitudes & Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs & Venture Team Members (2019)
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek: How to Freeze Your Salary: Get Pregnant
VOX: Immigrant Networking
Within and Between Firm Trends in Job Polarization: The Roles of Globalization and Technology (2019)
Immigrants by Country BlogDec17
Scholars & Trainers / People-Extra Information
Percent employed BlogDec17
Percent Working Full-time BlogDec17
Regressions BlogDec17
Percent with college degrees BlogDec17
Average income from wages BlogDec17
Commentary by Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D.
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2018
Global Collaborative Patents (2018)
Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018)
Publications / Publications by author
Vox: Immigrant entrepreneurship in America: Eight important facts from the survey of business owners.
Recent Coverage / 2018
Working Knowledge: In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
New Findings, Publications, Presentations: Economic Security
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2018
1A: Work Left To Be Done: Why Working Motherhood (Still) Affects Wages
Economics21: America Needs More Legal Immigration
New York Times: The 10-Year Baby Window That Is the Key to the Women’s Pay Gap
Forbes: Serpents At The Gates? Today’s Immigrants Are Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
Career Dynamics: A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Firms and Households
Washington Post: This is what an immigration policy for the 21st century should actually look like
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