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Parents are time squeezed, these policies can help
Editor's Note: This blog is part of a series highlighting policy proposals from Richard Reeves and Isabel Sawhill's 2020 A New Contract with the Middle Class. As many companies consider or implement a return to work, ensuring that there is a strong infrastructure in place to support working parents is at the forefront of the policy conversation. As our economy continues to rebound, it is more important than ever that the basic needs of all caregivers are met.
Parents are time squeezed, these policies can help
Editor's note: This blog is part of a series highlighting policy proposals from Richard Reeves and Isabel Sawhill’s 2020 A New Contract with the Middle Class. As many companies consider or implement a return to work, ensuring that there is a strong infrastructure in place to support working parents is at the forefront of the policy conversation. As our economy continues to rebound, it is more important than ever that the basic needs of all caregivers are met.
“You never know”: Work and precarity in Las Vegas before and during COVID-19
Editor's Note: This report was developed for our partners at Brookings Mountain West; the original version was published on their site on July 19, 2021. Abstract In this brief we examine work and work-based policies in Las Vegas, Nevada – a theme that emerged strongly from focus group data collected in the fall of 2019.
The wisdom of small crowds: The case for using Citizens’ Juries to shape policy
By some metrics, American democracy is in great shape. Despite a pandemic, and a switch to mass mail-in voting, the 2020 presidential election witnessed the highest voter turnout in U.S. history with 158 million people casting ballots. That’s about 66% of the voting-eligible population, the highest percentage since 1900 when 74% voted. Of course, many factors may have contributed to this voting bump.
The Wisdom of Small Crowds
By some metrics, American democracy is in great shape. Despite a pandemic, and a switch to mass mail-in voting, the 2020 Presential election witnessed the highest voter turnout in U.S. history with 158 million people casting ballots. That’s about 66% of the voting-eligible population, the highest percentage since 1900 when 74% voted. Of course, many factors may have contributed to this voting bump.
The Wisdom of Small Crowds: the Case for Using Citizens' Juries to Shape Policy
By some metrics, American democracy is in great shape. Despite a pandemic, and a switch to mass mail-in voting, the 2020 Presential election witnessed the highest voter turnout in U.S. history with 158 million people casting ballots. That’s about 66% of the voting-eligible population, the highest percentage since 1900 when 74% voted. Of course, many factors may have contributed to this voting bump.
Guarantee 20 days of paid leave
Seven out of ten mothers who are essential workers or working from home report that it is difficult to balance work and family, according to new work from our colleagues in the Hamilton Project. According to the same study, parents of young children and Black and Hispanic mothers with young children were more likely to drop out of the labor force or be unemployed because of the pandemic.
Guilty secrets: How the COVID-19 pandemic helped some middle class families
In the fall of 2019, under the auspices of the Future of the Middle ClassInitiative, we talked with over 100 middle-class Americans across the country about how they allocate their time, navigate their financialsecurity and health, give and receive respect,and forge meaningful relationships with the important people in their lives.We heard how theyworried about not being a good provider orspending enough time with their children, all while feeling immense pressure to be productive.
Monitoring the middle class: How the American middle class is really doing
Last week, the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings launched the Brookings Middle Class Monitor and hosted a series of short accompanying panel discussions to highlight the issues affecting American middle-class families. The importance of this conversation cannot be overstated. In the past few years, middle-class families have faced increasingly challenging conditions.
Big ideas to redesign K-12 for the automation age
Automation and artificial intelligence are transforming work at a dizzying pace. Rapid technological advances will require a forward-looking workforce that is ready to adapt. While much of the policy discussion has focused on the role of college, not all students attend college, and not all who do are ready for a rigorous technology-driven education. To prepare students for an increasingly automated future, we need to modernize K-12 education.
Ten ways to make life better for the middle class
Editor's Note: These policy ideas are adapted from A New Contract with the Middle Class by Richard Reeves and Isabel Sawhill. The presidential debates are upon us: President Trump and former Vice President Biden face-off for the first time on September 29. The stakes are high. This year has been wrought with tragedy and hardship for many Americans, and the brokenness of our society is more visible than ever.
Public colleges are the workhorses of Middle-Class Mobility
The fiscal distress brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has sparked ongoing discussion about the failure of elite, private universities to use their large endowments to avert steep cuts. Coupled with the recent sentencing of Lori Laughlin in the Varsity Blues scandal, it’s easy to forget that most students don’t attend these types of institutions.
Many essential workers are in “low-prestige” jobs. Time to change our attitudes - and policies?
There has been an outpouring of support from political leaders, celebrities and the public for many of the workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scenes of community-led applause and pot-banging for healthcare personnel, especially, have been heartfelt and heartwarming. In New York, firefighters lined up outside hospitals to show their appreciation. The most obvious recipients of our gratitude are doctors and nurses.
The effect of COVID-19 and disease suppression policies on labor markets: A preliminary analysis of the data
World leaders are deliberating when and how to re-open business operations amidst considerable uncertainty as to the economic consequences of the coronavirus. One pressing question is whether or not countries that have remained relatively open have managed to escape at least some of the economic harm, and whether that harm is related to the spread of the disease.
Hindsight is 2020: Reflecting on a decade of research on the future of the middle class
It’s that time of year, when wonks fall in love – with lists of their own papers. Here at the Future of the Middle Class Initiative, we’re no exception. But as we are entering a new decade, we decided to look back further than a year or two; we decided to look back an entire decade.
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