Should-Read: Bridget Ansel and Heather Boushey: Modernizing U.S. Labor Standards for 21st-Century Families

Should-Read: Bridget Ansel and Heather Boushey: Modernizing U.S. Labor Standards for 21st-Century Families: “Women now make up almost half the U.S. workforce…

Our labor laws and institutions do little to address the various ways in which women are held back at work. This not only hampers women’s economic well-being, but also has implications for U.S. productivity, labor force participation, and economic growth…. Ansel and Boushey propose policies aimed at boosting women’s economic outcomes: paid family leave, fair scheduling, and combatting wage discrimination. They show how enacting carefully designed policies will better address the challenges of today’s labor force, enhance women’s economic outcomes, and provide benefits for the national economy…