Meredith Slopen

Meredith Slopen is a Ph.D. candidate at the Columbia University School of Social Work. Her research interests include structural challenges to women’s labor force participation through the life course and the impact of labor policies on health, wellbeing, and economic security. Slopen’s dissertation focuses on the impact of state and local paid sick leave policies on the employment and health of working women and their families. She previously worked as a Research Scientist at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene focusing on evaluation, maternal health, and health policy. She holds an Hon. B.A. from the University of Toronto and an MSW from Columbia University.

Research Interests

Early Interventions or Prenatal to Age Three Interventions
Family Leave
Family Policy
Fertility
Health Inequities
Housing
Human Capital and Children
Inequality/Disparity
Internal Migration
Urban Equity
Urban Health

Datasets

American Community Survey
Current Population Survey
Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
NYC Survey Data (e.g. Community Health Survey, Housing and Vacancy Survey)
NYC Administrative Data
PRAMS