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    Work-Related Opportunity Costs of Providing Unpaid Family Care

    This project examines the impact on labor force participation, hours worked and earnings of adult children when they decide to provide unpaid care for older parents. It also assesses the overall employment-related opportunity cost of unpaid family care in the United States today and through 2050.


    https://www.pgpf.org/us-2050/research-projects/Work-Related-Opportunity-Costs-of-Providing-Unpaid-Family-Care

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    Peterson Statement on Biden Administration’s Proposals

    “The Biden Administration has put forward thoughtful proposals aimed at creating jobs for working- and middle-class families, increasing our global competitiveness, and addressing important national priorities like infrastructure, climate change, and racial equity," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.


    https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/04/peterson-statement-on-biden-administration%E2%80%99s-proposals

    Press Releases & Statements

    Howard University and WISER Awarded $1.9 Million Grant from the Peterson Foundation to Support Increased Diversity in the Field of Economics

    A new five-year, $1.9 million grant will support the Howard University Department of Economics and the Women’s Institute on Science, Race and Equity (WISER) in their innovative work to increase diversity in the field of economics and promote greater inclusion in fiscal and economic policymaking.


    https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/05/howard-university-and-wiser-awarded-19-million-grant-from-the-peterson-foundation-to-support-increased-diversity-in-the-field-of-economics

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    The Role of Institutions in Shaping America’s Future Demographics

    This paper examines the political and economic motivations citizens of Mexico, China and India have to migrate to the US, as well as the role that American political institutions play in determining who immigrates here. It highlights US immigration policies as playing the primary role in determining the flow of immigrants to the US, particularly for India and China. While immigration from Mexico is in part determined by policy, there is evidence that economic and network factors matter as well.


    https://www.pgpf.org/us-2050/research-projects/The-Role-of-Institutions-in-Shaping-Americas-Future-Demographics

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