Pollak attends White House meeting to discuss economics of the family
In preparation for an upcoming summit on working families, Robert Pollak,
PhD, an expert on family economics, recently attended a meeting at the White House with other academic leaders and senior administration officials. They gathered to
discuss the implications of demographic and other changes for 21st-century workplaces.
Pollak receives grant from MacArthur Foundation
A grant for $550,000 from the MacArthur Foundation will allow the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy to finish its long term research project which investigates the dynamics of family functioning and the well-being of children born to unmarried parents. Robert Pollak, Ph.D., Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics in arts & sciences and the John M. Olin School of Business, co-directs the Network, which brings together 13 scholars in economics, sociology, developmental psychology and public policy to advance understanding of the connections between families, labor markets and the economy as a whole.