Research unit at the Harvard School of Public Health. The project aims to to understand and improve the relationship between working conditions and family health and well-being throughout the world. Elements of project being undertaken include:
- a Work, Family, and Democracy Index, being developed to measure how governments throughout the world meet the needs of working families. The progress of nations is gauged by examining their performance in implementing a set of essential public policies. Data is currently being gathered, and will be published when compiled
- country-level household surveys with in-depth interviews of working caregivers, employers, and professionals in the fields of healthcare and education. Countries being studies so far include: Botswana, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, United States, Vietnam
- examination of the impact of working conditions on adult employment, children’s development, elder care and family health in the United States, which has so far has turned up findings that also address issues of poverty, inequality, and disparities across gender and class lines
Web site includes overview of project so far.