RSF Visiting Scholar Suzanne Bianchi Examines the Changing American Family
November 23, 2011 More From RSFSuzanne Bianchi: Family Change and Time Allocation in American FamiliesRSF Book: Changing Rhythms of American Family LifeRSF Book: Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Protections for Home Care Workers
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation December 15, 2011 More on Home Care WorkersPolicy Brief: Protecting Home Care Workers under the Fair Labor Standards ActPolicy Brief: Minimum Wage &...
View ArticleCare Work in America: An Interview with Nancy Folbre
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation September 17, 2012 Nancy Folbre is professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A former RSF Visiting Scholar, she is the editor of...
View ArticleThe Gender Divide of Care: Who Provides Unpaid Care At Home?
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation September 18, 2012 In our latest book, For Love and Money: Care Provision in the United States, Suzanne Bianchi, Nancy Folbre and Douglas Wolf examine a...
View ArticleLong-Term Care Coverage in America: An Interview with Douglas Wolf
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation September 19, 2012 Douglas Wolf is a demographer, policy analyst, program evaluator, and gerontological researcher with many years of experience studying the...
View ArticleThe Long-Term Care Workforce: An Interview with Robyn I. Stone
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation September 19, 2012 Robyn I. Stone is the executive director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research and Senior Vice President of Research. A noted...
View ArticleSupporting Family Caregivers: An Interview with Carol Levine
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation September 19, 2012 Carol Levine directs the United Hospital Fund's Families and Health Care Project, which focuses on developing partnerships between health...
View ArticleTransitions in Care: The New Frontier for Family Caregivers
September 20, 2012 Earlier this week, the Russell Sage Foundation published a free e-book, Universal Coverage of Long-Term Care in the United States. What follows is an excerpt from Carol Levine's...
View ArticleMedicaid and Long-Term Care: An Interview with Leonard E. Burman
Rohan Mascarenhas, Russell Sage Foundation November 6, 2012 Leonard E. Burman is Professor of Practice in Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University. An expert in public...
View ArticleSuzanne M. Bianchi, 1952-2013
November 18, 2013 The Russell Sage Foundation is saddened to report the passing of Suzanne M. Bianchi, a former Visiting Scholar and co-author of several RSF books. Bianchi, who held faculty positions...
View ArticleWendy Nelson Espeland
Wendy N. Espeland, associate professor of sociology at Northwestern University, will write a book examining the social significance of commensuration -- the invention of a common system of measurement...
View ArticleHerbert P. Ginsburg
Herbert P. Ginsburg, professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, will complete an extensive review of the long-running Literacy project, which the Russell Sage...
View ArticleMiriam Golden
Miriam A. Golden, professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, will analyze the causes of political corruption in Italy from 1948 to 1994. In recent years, scholars have...
View ArticleHerschel I. Grossman
Herschel I. Grossman, professor of economics at Brown University, will compare the usefulness of two competing visions of the state and the economic policies it pursues. The state can be conceptualized...
View ArticleTimothy Guinnane
Timothy W. Guinnane, professor of economics at Yale University, will write a book examining the history and logic of institutions that provided credit and insurance to poor people in Europe and America...
View ArticleJeffrey R. Henig
Jeffrey R. Henig, professor of political science at George Washington University, will study the charter school movement as a case study of how for-profit and non-profit enterprises are taking on...
View ArticleArne L. Kalleberg
Arne L. Kalleberg, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will study flexible staffing arrangements - such as temporary, part-time, and contract work - looking at...
View ArticlePhilip Kasinitz
Philip Kasinitz and John Mollenkopf, professors of sociology and political science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will analyze the findings of a major study of the new...
View ArticleFrank Levy
Frank Levy, professor of urban economics at MIT, will co-author a book with Richard Murnane that will attempt to forecast the impact of computerization on jobs and earnings inequality in the near...
View ArticleLeslie McCall
Leslie McCall, assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University, will study the regional diversity of U.S. labor markets, exploring why wage inequality is so much more acute in some regions of...
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