[URPE] [NYC] CEPA SCEPA Economic Policy Workshop on 10/23 with Eileen Appelbaum

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SCEPA Economic Policy Workshop on Tuesday, October 23rd featuring:

Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University
“Economics and Politics of Work and Family Policy"

Workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 23 from 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
(Note this is a Tuesday, not Wednesday)
79 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor, Room 1009
FREE and open to the New School community and the public.

Eileen Applebaum joined Rutgers University as Professor and Director
of
the Center for Women and Work in March 2002.  Formerly she was
Research
Director at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. and
Professor of Economics at Temple University. Dr. Appelbaum has 20
years
of experience carrying out empirical research on workplace practices
and
labor-management cooperation. Her research focuses on work processes
and
work-life practices of organizations. Her recently published papers
include "Organizations and the Intersection of Work and Family: A
Comparative Perspective," in The Oxford Handbook on Work and
Organizations; "Contesting Time: International Comparisons of Employee
Control Over Working Time," in Industrial and Labor Relations Review;
and "Balancing Work and Family: The Role of High Commitment Workplaces
and Industrial Relations," in Industrial Relations. Her CWW report
"Achieving a Workable Balance" examines NJ employers' experiences with
employee leaves and turnover.

Dr. Appelbaum has published numerous articles on workforce, employment
and labor market issues. She has also published widely on the labor
market experiences of women.She co-edited Low Wage America: How
Employers Are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace (2003). This book
was also selected for Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and
Labor
Economics. Dr. Appelbaum received her Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Pennsylvania.


SCEPA FALL 2007 ECONOMIC POLICY WORKSHOP SERIES

TIME: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)
PLACE: 79 Fifth Avenue, 10th Fl, Room 1009 (unless otherwise noted)

October 23
12:30 p.m.
Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University
“Economics and Politics of Work and Family Policy"

November 7
12:10 p.m.
Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan
"Why Is Elvis on Burkina Faso Postage Stamps? The Commercialization of
State Sovereignty"
(*Note:   Joint session with Milano. Held at 72 Fifth Ave. 3rd Fl.,
Henry Cohen Conference Room from 12:10-1:30 p.m.*)

November 29
12:30 p.m.
Janet Currie, Columbia University
TBA

December 5
*12:10 p.m.
Michael Grossman, CUNY and NBER
“Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural
Experiment
in Taiwan”

(*Note:   Joint session with Milano. Held at 72 Fifth Ave. 3rd Fl.,
Henry Cohen Conference Room from 12:10-1:30 p.m.*)


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