Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict - Couverture souple

Boushey, Heather

 
9780674241497: Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

Synopsis

"Ambitious, fast-paced, fact-filled, and accessible."
--Science

"A compelling case for why achieving the right balance of time with our families...is vital to the economic success and prosperity of our nation... A must read."
--Maria Shriver

From backyard barbecues to the blogosphere, working men and women across the country are raising the same worried question: How can I get ahead at my job while making sure my family doesn't suffer? A visionary economist who has looked at the numbers behind the personal stories, Heather Boushey argues that resolving the work-life conflict is as vital for us personally as it is essential economically. Finding Time offers ingenious ways to help us carve out the time we need, while showing businesses that more flexible policies can actually make them more productive.

"Supply and demand curves are suddenly 'sexy' when Boushey uses them to prove that paid sick days, paid family leave, flexible work schedules, and affordable child care aren't just cutesy women's issues for families to figure out 'on their own time and dime, ' but economic issues affecting the country at large."
--Vogue

"Boushey argues that better family-leave policies should not only improve the lives of struggling families but also boost workers' productivity and reduce firms' costs."
--The Economist

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À propos de l'auteur

Heather Boushey is President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and former Chief Economist on Hillary Clinton's transition team. She is the author of Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict and coeditor of After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality (both from Harvard). The New York Times has called Boushey one of the "most vibrant voices in the field" and Politico twice named her one of the top 50 "thinkers, doers, and visionaries transforming American politics."

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9780674660168: Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0674660161 ISBN 13 :  9780674660168
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2016
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