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Heather Marie Boushey〔 (born 1970) is the executive director and chief economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a research center founded to accelerate cutting-edge analysis into whether and how structural changes in the U.S. economy, particularly related to economic inequality, affect economic growth, and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a U.S. think tank.〔http://equitablegrowth.org/about/people〕〔http://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/boushey-heather/bio/〕 ==Life and career== Boushey was born in Seattle and grew up in Mukilteo, Washington.〔Center for American Progress. (''Heather Boushey'' ), accessed August 27, 2011.〕 She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research and her B.A. from Hampshire College. She was formerly a Senior Economist with the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee and before that, with the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the Economic Policy Institute. Her work focuses on the U.S. labor market, social policy, and work and family issues. Boushey’s work ranges from examinations of current trends in the U.S. labor market and how families balance work and child care needs to how young people have fared in today’s economy and health insurance coverage. She has testified before the U.S. Congress and authored numerous reports and commentaries on issues affecting working families, including the implications of the 1996 welfare reform. She is a co-author of ''The State of Working America 2002–3'' and ''Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families''. Boushey is a Research Affiliate with the National Poverty Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and on the editorial review board of WorkingUSA and the Journal of Poverty. Her work has appeared in ''Dollars & Sense'', ''In These Times'', and ''New Labor Forum'', and peer-reviewed journals, including ''Review of Political Economy'' and ''National Women’s Studies Association Journal''. On March 31, 2007, Boushey married Todd Tucker,〔The New York Times. (''Weddings/Celebrations; Heather Boushey, Todd Tucker'' ), accessed August 25, 2011.〕 formerly research director of the Global Trade Watch division of Public Citizen, who specializes in the legal, economic and political consequences of trade agreement On September 13, 2011, Boushey testified before The Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight, and Government Spending regarding the latest jobs proposal from President Barack Obama.〔Boushey, Heather. ("Take Two: The President's Proposal to Stimulate the Economy and Create Jobs - Testimony Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform" ). ''Center for American Progress'', September 13, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heather Boushey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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