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Center for Economic and Policy Research
1611 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009

Eileen Appelbaum

Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Dr. Eileen Appelbaum joined the Center for Economic Policy and Research in 2010 after eight years as Professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on implications of company practices for organizational effectiveness and employee outcomes. Her current research examines the effects of private equity ownership on managerial decision making, firm sustainability, employment relations and worker outcomes. She has published numerous articles in leading academic journals. Three of her earlier books were selected by Princeton University for its distinguished list of Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics – The New American Workplace (1994) coauthored with Rosemary Batt, Manufacturing Advantage (2000), and Low Wage America (2003). She is currently working on a new book with Rose Batt titled, Private Equity at Work. She has held visiting positions in leading business schools in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and at the WissenschaftszentrumBerlin. In 2010 she was President of the Labor and Employment Relations Association. She holds a PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Issues: Family/Medical leave, Jobs, Labor Force, Living Wage

Experience:

• Professor & Director, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University
• Professor, People Management and Organizations Department, University of Machester Business School
• Research Director, Economic Policy Institute
• Professor of Economics, Temple University
• Guest Fellow, University of Auckland in New Zealand
• Guest Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) in Germany
• Fellow, Institute for Research on Work and Occupations in Nuremberg
• President-elect, Labor and Employment Research Association
• Executive Board, Labor and Employment Research Association
• Editorial Committee, Labor and Employment Research Association
• IT Workforce, National Academy of Sciences’ Commission
• New Jersey’s Corporate Business Tax Reform Study Commission