Stephan Lefebvre

Stephan Lefebvre is expected to earn his Ph.d. from American University in August 2020 with fields in stratification economics, applied microeconomics, and economics of education. He is spending the 2019-2020 academic year completing

WORKING PAPERS GENDER WAGE AND EQUITY AND INVESTMENTS IN CARE: MODELING EQUITY AND PRODUCTION Download Paper Date: October, 2020 Authors: Elissa Braunstein & Daniele Tavani            

Mieke Meurs

Mieke Meurs is Professor of Economics at American University. Her areas of research include household behavior, firm organization, and local government.  She has published extensively on household behavior, and with

Training Course Care Work and the Economy, in partnership with the Levy Economics Institute, is conducting a training course to be carried out in June 28th-July 16th 2021 for government

Intensive Course – Day 5

Training Course Care Work and the Economy, in partnership with the Levy Economics Institute, is conducting a training course to be carried out in June 28th-July 16th 2021 for government

  About Global Dimensions of Care Estimates the future global demands for caregiving, taking into account projected shifts in population growth, labor force participation, and health status.

Our Research Team

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Research

Care Work and the Economy is producing new research and developing innovative analytic tools to advance our understanding of care work –care of children, the sick and disabled, and the elderly and to demonstrate how integrating care into policy tools such as macromodels provide a more comprehensive understanding of policy impacts on growth, distribution, and gender equality. Our research agenda has three main components: 1) Rethinking Macroeconomics, 2) Understanding and Measuring Care, 3) Gender-Aware Applied Modelling.