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Work
Jobless figures. Unemployment rates. Employment numbers. Few stories are read as closely these days as stories about the nation’s measures of employment and unemployment.
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Opportunity Road: the promise and challenge of America’s forgotten youth
The report examines youth who are detached from school and work and highlights programs that successfully reconnect them to society.
Helping Disadvantaged Men
The Brookings Institution hosts an event that examines the challenges young disadvantaged males face and highlights programs that have positively affected their education and employment outcomes.
Changing Families, Changing Workplaces
Over the past 50 years, U.S. families and workplaces have changed dramatically. The report tracks these changes and conveys how they pose different challenges for families at different points along the income distribution.
First Year Maternal Employment and Child Development
The study finds that maternal employment during a child's first year has a neutral effect on a child's intellectual, physical and emotional development.
The New Dad: Exploring Fatherhood within a Career Context
The study explores first-time fathers' feelings about parenting and their careers.
Working Parents and Workplace Flexibility in New Hampshire
The report examines how New Hampshire’s working parents negotiate the competing challenges of work and family.
The New Demography of American Motherhood
The report finds that today's new mothers are older, better educated and more likely to be single than their counterparts two decades ago.
Families Can’t Afford the Gender Wage Gap
Women’s earnings are increasingly critical to their families’ financial stability, yet women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Reinforcing Separate Spheres: The Effect of Spousal Overwork on Men’s and Women’s Employment in Dual-Earner Households
The study finds that working women with husbands who work 50 hours or more a week are more likely to quit their jobs in order to take care of domestic duties.
Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women: Overview of Laws and Legislation in the 111th Congress
The report reviews and suggests policies to improve the economic state of unmarried women.
A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The blueprint proposes major reforms for the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which was established in 2002 under the last reauthorization of ESEA.
What Works for Older Youth During the Transition to Adulthood
The fact sheet examines the effectiveness of specific programs aimed at promoting positive development and self-sufficiency for older youth.
The Gender Wage Gap: 2009
The fact sheet finds that the gender wage gap narrowed slightly in 2009, but progress in closing the gap has slowed considerably since the early '90s.
The Nation’s Children 2010
A compilation of the latest statistics on the health and welfare of U.S. children, including individual fact sheets on each state.
Can I Get A Little Advice Here?
The report finds that 60 percent of young adults who went on to further education gave their high school counselors poor grades for their college advice.
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