Meredith Slopen
@MSlopen
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Postdoc @stone_lis | PhD @ColumbiaSSW. Studying labor policy, women's employment, economic security, and health. Same handle other places.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined October 2018
Paid sick leave mandates support women's employment and earnings, and reduce poverty. Effects are strongest among those with caretaking responsibilities and women without college degrees. New paper @JPAM_DC:
Early view from JPAM: "The impact of paid sick leave mandates on women's employment and economic security" by Meredith Slopen.
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RT @stone_lis: Do older workers benefit from paid family leave & sick leave policies? @MSlopen discusses her new project, which recently re…
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New paper from @christopherruhm finds that public health driven covid policies reduced deaths substantively, and that their lack of widespread adoption led to excess mortality. With rates on the rise, a good reminder of what works. ⬇️
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Paid sick leave continues to be the low intensity policy that makes a meaningful impact for working families. Looking forward to digging into this new paper from @JCMecon and @sabrinapab ⬇️
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The paper complements earlier findings that mandates decreased the number of days of poor mental health among prime-age women, offering a mechanism through which these gains were made.
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Woke up to @hilweth on the radio this morning, sharing her research on the community-wide benefits of paid sick leave mandates. While business owners expressed concerns about costs in the @Marketplace story, research from @JCMecon and others find these costs are very low. Link ⬇️
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RT @mbsycamore: The preposterous idea of an "Antisemitism Awareness Act" to support the genocidal policies of the Israeli government is so…
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@Molly_MWW I hope you'll present to the research group. Looking forward to reading: it is very timely for me!
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