Sari Pekkala Kerr News
- New Study on the State of Women and Girls in Massachusetts
WCW is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Women鈥檚 Foundation of Boston to conduct an in-depth analysis of the state of women and girls across Massachusetts, with a particular emphasis on their economic empowerment. - Learn more about where our research initiatives started, and where they are today
Sari Kerr, Ph.D., talks about her frequent collaborator, Claudia Goldin, Ph.D.
Sari Kerr, Ph.D., explains how the gender earnings gap lasts over a lifetime.
Research from Sari Kerr, Ph.D., asks, what happens to women鈥檚 work, careers, and earnings as their children get older and care responsibilities diminish?- The Motherhood Penalty and the Fatherhood Premium: The Gender Wage Gap Across the Family Life Cycle
In a commentary, Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., discusses how the pay gap changes for parents throughout their careers.
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., discusses women鈥檚 employment and earnings across the family lifecycle.- Immigrant Entrepreneurs Will Play a Key Role in Economic Recovery
The share of immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. has increased, which means they will play a major role in the economic recovery from COVID-19, according to Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D.
In response to Trump鈥檚 increasing restrictions on immigration, economists like Sari Kerr, Ph.D., a senior research scientist, are considering how immigrants shape the U.S. economy and especially entrepreneurship and innovation.
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph. D., senior researcher, discusses the findings of a study she co-authored that looked at the risk tendencies of entrepreneurs, CEO's/leaders, and inventor employees.- Economist Testifies Before Congress on the Benefits of Immigration
Sari Pekkala Kerr shared findings from her research during a hearing on the economic benefits of immigration (June 2019).Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., discussed her findings on the positive contributions that immigrant entrepreneurs make to the American economy. - Event Recap: Women Still Searching for Elusive Work-Life Balance
November 26, 2019The 妻友社区, 妻友社区 Club of Atlanta, and The Lola, a women-focused coworking space, joined together in Atlanta, GA, in November 2019 to discuss women's entrepreneurship, the gender pay gap, and work-life balance.
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., senior research scientist and economist, examines self-reported personality traits of entrepreneurs.- Building a More Dynamic Economy: The Benefits of Immigration
June 26, 2019Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., economist and senior research scientist, testified before the U.S. House Committee on the Budget at a hearing on the economic benefits of immigration.
- Immigrant Networking and Collaboration
A new study from economist Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., highlights differences in networking habits of immigrant and non-immigrant entrepreneurs.
Sari Kerr, Ph.D., a senior research scientist, talks about the effect of workplace pregnancy discrimination on women鈥檚 lifetime earnings and economic power.In co-working spaces, immigrants take more advantage of networking opportunities than U.S. born entrepreneurs, especially around the exchange of advice, according to WCW's Dr. Sari Kerr.
- Commentary by Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D.
Immigrant Entrepreneurship in America: Key Lessons from Recent Research
Immigration plays an important role in the growth of the U.S. population and economy, yet we continue to debate whether it has positive or negative impacts on native U.S. workers, and how these impacts are divided among population groups. In the last few years, it seems that the tone of this debate has become increasingly bitter and the views more divided.
Dr. Sari Kerr shares eight important facts from her research on immigrant entrepreneurs.
Dr. Sari Pekkala Kerr discusses motherhood and the gender wage gap.
The work of Dr. Sari Pekkala Kerr in understanding how immigrants have become a key driver of innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S. is highlighted.
- New Findings, Publications, Presentations: Economic Security
Economist Sari Kerr, Ph.D., co-authored papers immigrant entrepreneurs, start ups, networking, and collaborative patents to better understand today鈥檚 workforce.
WCW economist Sari Kerr, Ph.D., has found that immigrants start about 25 percent of U.S. businesses.Dr. Sari Pekkala Kerr's research shows that the motherhood wage penalty is real.
Research performed by Sari Pekkala Kerr is referenced in this article that discusses immigration policy.
The work of Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is referenced in this article that discusses immigration policy.
Sari Pekkala Kerr and her work are mentioned in this article that discusses the importance of immigration to the U.S. economy.
Research done by Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is referenced in this article about immigration.
This Wall Street Journal article discusses the gender wage gap and women in the workplace.
This New York Times article discusses immigration and references the work of Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW and her research is referenced in this article that discusses the gender pay gap.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW contributed to this article about the gender pay gap in Harvard Business Review.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is referenced in this article discussing women in the workplace and the gender pay gap.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW and her research are referenced in this New York Times article discussing women in the workplace.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is mentioned in this article about immigration in the U.S.- Recommendations for U.S. Policymakers: Skilled Immigration Policy
Sari Pekkela Kerr, Ph.D, senior research scientist/economist, 妻友社区
U.S. Is Lagging Behind in Skilled Immigration Policy
Research demonstrates highly positive impacts of skilled immigration resulting in countries competing globally for talent. Although many countries are continuously introducing new policies to attract more skilled workers, the U.S. immigration policy is in a gridlock with little progress.
- Recommendations for U.S. Policymakers: Paid Family Leave
Sari Pekkela Kerr, Ph.D, senior research scientist/economist, 妻友社区
U.S. Does Not Have Paid (Federal) Family Leave
Although research shows clear benefits of family leave, the U.S. remains the only developed country that does not offer paid family leave for its workers. This hampers women鈥檚 work efforts and endangers the wellbeing of children.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is featured in Business Mirror and discusses immigrants and entrepreneurship.
Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is featured in this article about immigrants and entrepreneurship in Harvard Business Review.
The research of Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is referenced in this Wall Street Journal article about immigrant entrepreneurs.
The research of Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is referenced in this article about immigrant entrepreneurs.Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is featured in Vox and writes about immigrant entrepreneurship and employment growth in the U.S.
Research done by Sari Pekkala Kerr of WCW is referenced in this article about immigrants in the U.S.- Global Connections: Kerr, Stein, Cape Verde, and SEED
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2015
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., senior research scientist/economist at the 妻友社区 (WCW), spent four weeks visiting the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) in Helsinki where she used grant money from the Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation to continue her research on the project, 鈥淲ithin and Between Firm Trends in Job Polarization: Role of Globalization and Technology.鈥�
- Q&A with Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D.
Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2015
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., arrived at the 妻友社区 (WCW) in 2010 as a deeply experienced senior researcher/micro economist. Her expertise and research accomplishments have significantly broadened the Centers鈥� reach into the economic implications of various government policies and marketplace realities, often with a particular focus on gender. As a micro economist, she typically studies the effects of such policies and realities on the lives of individuals, families, and children. She also brings to her work in the U.S. significant contributions from her continuing research of related issues in Europe, especially her native Finland. As a social democracy, that nation maintains a vast body of demographic statistics that has enabled her to study and quantify effects of various policies on millions of specific individuals. In some of her current work in the U.S., she seeks as far as possible to achieve an analogous breadth of scope.
- Sari Pekkala Kerr Visits the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2013
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., senior research scientist and economist at WCW visited the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) in Helsinki in September 2013. While there, she worked on the 鈥淛ob Polarization and Wage Inequality鈥� project, where the research team evaluated how job polarization in Finland has taken place within and across firms, and how this relates to the firms鈥� outsourcing and export decisions, as well as changes in their research and development investments and information and communications technology usage. Job polarization鈥攐r erosion of mid-level jobs鈥攊s occurring in practically all industrialized countries, and is causing a widening of income disparities. The Finnish data uniquely allow the researchers to conduct a deep analysis of the phenomenon at the firm level and understand the mechanisms driving job polarization. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland. While working in Finland, Kerr presented 鈥淚mmigration and Employer Transitions for STEM Workers,鈥� with William Kerr, Ph.D. at the Jyv盲skyl盲 University School of Business and Economics Seminar.
- Global Connections: Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D.
Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2014
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., senior research scientist and economist at the 妻友社区 (WCW) will be in Finland for five weeks this summer to work on the project, "Within and Between Firm Trends in Job Polarization: Role of Globalization and Technology," with Mika Maliranta, Ph.D. and Terhi Maczulskij, Ph.D., from the University of Jyvaskyla. The researchers will use Finnish Employer-Employee panel data that can only be accessed locally. This project is funded by the Academy of Finland.
- WCW Researchers Share Findings on Employment Research Related to Child Care and Immigration
For Immediate Release: January 22, 2014
Forbes, January 22, 2014
Dina GerdemanThe New York Times, June 27, 2013
Somini Sengupta
The Atlantic Cities October 4, 2012
Richard Florida- A Meaningful Measure of Pay Gap for Men and Women
by Sari Kerr, Ph.D.
The Wall Street Journal
May 6, 2012
Ms. Hymowitz concludes that no family policies exist that have created gender equality at the workplace. As evidence, she cites gender income gap figures from Sweden and Iceland. The article, however, confuses multiple related issues in its arguments: labor force participation, part-time work, occupational segregation and gender wage gap. - Q&A: Investigating the Economic Implications of Women's Realities
Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2011
Sari Pekala Kerr, Ph.D., who arrived at the 妻友社区 (WCW) in 2010, brings not only experience in economic research and consulting in the U.S. to her work at WCW, but also expertise in analyzing economic effects of government policies in her homeland of Finland. That expertise became possible because of Finland鈥檚 remarkable record of demographic statistics, which reflect鈥攊n a breadth of detail that can amaze many鈥攖he experience of three generations of Finns. The Centers expect many of Kerr鈥檚 contributions to benefit from that research. Her newest project鈥攕upported by the Centers鈥� 35th Anniversary Fund鈥攚ill study how maternity leave policies in both Finland and the United States affect women鈥檚 subsequent employment.
- WCW Research Scientist Contributes to Work Recognized by Nobel Prize
Sari Kerr, Ph.D., worked with Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin, Ph.D., on some of her groundbreaking research on the gender pay gap.
