Center for Social Policy

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

Staff Publications

2013

“So Far From God, So Close to the United States, and yet…: Unexpected Differences in Modern Retail Jobs between Mexico and the United States”
Revue Interventions Economiques/Economic Interventions, vol.47, February 2013, pp.1-21.
Authors: Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly

Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US.” In Sophia Parker, Ed. The Squeezed Middle: The pressure on ordinary workers in America and Britain. London, UK: The Policy Press.
Chapter Authors:  Françoise Carré and James Heintz

Early Childhood Education as an Essential Component of Economic Development - with Reference to the New England States. Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Author: Arthur MacEwan

2012

Closing the Gap on Health Care Disparities. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.
Authors: Mary Coonan and Terry Sanders Lane

Double Jeopardy: Low-wage and Low-income Workers in Massachusetts,1980–2009. Massachusetts Benchmarks, vol. 14, issue 2.
Authors: Randy Albelda and Michael Carr

Five Chapter Contribution in Bridging Perspectives: The Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Dialogue Programme on Labour, Informal Employment and Poverty.  India: SEWA, 2012.
Book Editors: Bali, Namrata, Martha Chen, and Ravi Kanbur
Chapters Author: Françoise Carré

Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of Institutions
Work, Employment & Society, vol, 26, 4, pp. 588-605.
Authors: Philippe Askezazy, Jean-Baptiste Berry, Françoise Carré, Sophie Prunier-Poulmaire, and Chris Tilly

Part-Time and Short Hours in Retail in the United States, Canada, and Mexico: How Institutions Matter
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Employment Research Newsletter, vol. 19, 4.
Authors: Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly

Short Hours, Long Hours: Hour Levels and Trends in the Retail Industry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Working Paper 12-183.
Authors: Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly

Work Hours in Retail: Room for Improvement. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Working Paper 12-012.
Authors: Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly

Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 9780230336919.
Editors: Chris Warhurst, Françoise Carré, Patricia Findlay, and Chris Tilly

2011

Economic Collapse, Economic Change: Getting to the Roots of the Crisis. Armonk, NY, M.E. Sharpe, May 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7656-3068-1.
Authors: Arthur MacEwan and John A. Miller

2010

"Introduction: Shared Responsibility, Collective Reflection" in New England Journal of Public Policy
Special issue: Social Change & Nonprofits: Learning beyond Borders, Spring 2010, pp. 25-35.
Author: Donna Haig Friedman

"A Complex Web, A Collective Process to Advance Social Justice" in New England Journal of Public Policy. Special issue: Social Change & Nonprofits: Learning beyond Borders, Spring 2010, pp. 151-156
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Jennifer Cohen, Amnon Reichman, and James Morgan

Book Review: Formal and Informal Work: The Hidden Work Regime in Europe in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, November 24, 2010; vol. 39, 6, pp. 732-733.
Book Editors: Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Lluís Flaquer, and Per H. Jensen
Review Author: Françoise Carré

"Quelles Politiques pour la Citoyenneté au Travail?" (Translation: "What Public Policies for 'Citizenship at Work'?") in Travail et Citoyenneté. Quel Avenir? (Translation: Work and Citizenship: What Future?). Quebec, CA, Le Presses de l'Université Laval 2010. ISBN: 978-2-7637-8771-8.
Book Editors: Michel Coutu and Gregor Murray
Chapter Author: Françoise Carré

"To Work More or Not to Work More: Difficult Choices, Complex Decisions for Low-Wage Parents"
In Journal of Poverty, vol. 14, 3, pp. 245-265.
Authors: Randy Albelda and Jennifer Shea

"Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination", 3rd Edition
Dollars & Sense, Real World Economics, January 2010. ISBN: 978-1-878585-95-0.
Authors: Randy Albelda, Robert Drago, and Steven Shulman, Economic Affairs Bureau

"Retail Jobs in Comparative Perspective" in Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, October 2009. ISBN: 978-0-87154-061-4.
Book Editors: Jerôme Gautié and John Schmitt
Chapter Authors: Françoise Carré, Chris Tilly, Maarten van Klaveren, and Dorothea Voss-Dahm

2009

"The Meaning of Poverty: Questions of Distribution and Power" in Development Experience and Emerging Challenges, Bangladesh, Dhaka, University Press and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, January 2009. ISBN: 978-984-8815-038.
Book Editors: Quazi Shahbabuddin and Rushidan Islam Rahman
Chapter Author: Arthur MacEwan

"Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women's Work, Women's Poverty" in Feminist Economics: Critical Concepts, Volume 2: Households, Labor, and Paid Work, Routledge, November 2009, Part 10, pp. 1 - 17
ISBN: 978-0-415-43916-9.
Book Editors: Drucilla Barker and Edith Kuiper
Chapter Authors: Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly