Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children

The Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children was established in 2001 to be a leading source of research on significant issues impacting the intersection between work and family. The Berger Institute focuses on quantitative research impacting business practices and families; supports high-quality interdisciplinary research by talented CMC professors, which will lead to publishing opportunities; provides challenging and stimulating educational experiences for CMC students from freshman year through graduation, resulting in high-quality student work and publishing opportunities; and connects the wider CMC community, including alumni and parents of students to provide practical information about significant work/family issues.

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Alumni Survey

The Berger Institute is undertaking a new research project examining work/family issues among female and male graduates of liberal arts colleges with a particular focus on the decision to exit the labor market following a shock to the household (i.e., child care or elder care). To complete this project we will create our own online survey instrument, which will be broad enough to examine questions from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Alumni Survey will be piloted at the Claremont Colleges during the 2009-10 academic year.

2009-10 Speaker Series

Check back soon for more information regarding speakers hosted by the Berger Institute in the coming academic year.

All presentations take place at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.

Congratulations Heather Antecol!

Heather Antecol, Ph.D. Congratulations to Dr. Heather Antecol! Dr. Antecol, Boswell Professor of Economics and Director of the Berger Institute, was recently promoted to Full Professor at Claremont McKenna College.

Professor Antecol is currently working on women's labor supply decisions surrounding childbirth.

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