Michelle Holder

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Michelle Holder
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Born
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Academic career
Field Labor Economics
Institution John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Alma mater Fordham University (BA)
University of Michigan (MPA)
The New School (MA, PhD)
Website www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/michelle-holder

Michelle Holder is an American economist who is an Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the City University of New York. [1] Her research focuses on the position of Black workers and women of color in the American labor market, including wage gaps based on race and gender as well as unemployment rate differences by race and gender. [2] [3] [4] [5] In June 2021, she was named president and CEO of The Washington Center for Equitable Growth. [6] Holder stepped down in 2022 from the presidency and transitioned into the role of distinguished senior fellow with the organization through 2023.

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Early life and education

Holder was born and raised in New York City. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Fordham University, her master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and M.A. and PhD in economics from The New School for Social Research, [1] where she was one of several student-employee protégés of New School and later State of California administrator M. Elizabeth Ware.

Career

Holder served as a senior labor market analyst for the Community Service Society of New York, a research associate for The New School for Social Research, the finance director for Dēmos, and an economist for Office of the State Deputy Comptroller for New York City. [7]

Holder has testified before the U.S. congress several times, on topics ranging from the care economy, the racial and gender wage gap, manufacturing and green energy, and the strength of the economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic. [8] [9] [10] She has also testified several times before the New York City Council, and she has published numerous economic policy reports. In March 2020 Holder authored "The 'Double Gap' and the Bottom Line: African American Women's Wage Gap and Corporate Profits". [11]

In March 2021, Holder published a research article in Feminist Economics, titled "The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Job Losses Among Black Women in the U.S." [12]

Holder has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Financial Times, Fortune, Vox, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, El Diario, The New York Amsterdam News, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, TheGrio, USA Today, Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, and CNN. On April 5, 2022, Holder was quoted in the New York Times article "The U.S. Economy Is Booming. So Why Are Economists Worrying About a Recession?" [13] On January 13, 2022, Holder was quoted in the Marketplace article "Why the economic recovery looks different for women of color". [14] In 2020, Fortune magazine named her one of 19 Black economists to watch. [15]

Holder's op-ed "Build Back Better is in limbo — without its social programs, the economy will be, too" was published in The Hill, where she discussed the importance of government spending in social infrastructure. [16]

She currently is an advisory committee member for the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and is an advisory board member for the Better Life Lab of New America. [17] [18] In 2021, Holder joined the Feminist Economics journal's editorial board, and as of 2023, she is a Partnership Scholar with the Urban Institute's One Million Black Women Research Project. [19]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 "Michelle Holder". John Jay College of Criminal Justice. May 8, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. ↑ Friedrich, Michael (2020). "America's Race and Gender Problem in the Workplace | Michelle Holder tracks labor market disparities in the African American population". John Jay Impact 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ Elfman, Lois (May 26, 2020). "How Gender and Racial Discrimination Lead to a Double Wage Gap for African American Women - Higher Education" . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ Hollenhorst, Maria; Kai Ryssdal (September 1, 2020). "Why centering Black women in the economy could benefit everyone". Marketplace. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ Holder, Michelle (April 7, 2020). "Before COVID-19, Corporate America Shortchanged Black Women $50 Billion Annually: Why All Women Should Care - Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Equitable Growth names economist Michelle Holder as new CEO". Equitable Growth. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ Holder, Michelle (December 2010). "Unemployment in New York City During the Recession and Early Recovery: Young Black Men Hit the Hardest". Community Service Society.
  8. ↑ "Growing our Economy by Investing in Families: How Supporting Family Caregiving Expands Economic Opportunity and Benefits All Americans". Congress. December 8, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Gender Wage Gap: Breaking Through Stalled Progress". Joint Economic Committee. June 9, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Building on a Strong Foundation: Investments Today for a More Competitive Tomorrow". Joint Economic Committee. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  11. ↑ Holder, Michelle (March 31, 2020). "The "Double Gap" and the Bottom Line: African American Women's Wage Gap and Corporate Profits". Roosevelt Institute. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  12. ↑ Holder, Michelle; Janelle Jones; Thomas Masterson (July 2020). "The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Job Losses among Black Women in the United States". Feminist Economics.
  13. ↑ Casselman, Ben (April 5, 2022). "The U.S. Economy Is Booming. So Why Are Economists Worrying About a Recession?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  14. ↑ Ryssdal, Kai; Hollenhorst, Maria (January 13, 2022). "Why the economic recovery looks different for women of color". Marketplace. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  15. ↑ Traore, Fanta (June 19, 2020). "19 Black economists to celebrate and know, this Juneteenth and beyond". Fortune. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  16. ↑ Holder, Michelle (March 17, 2022). "Build Back Better is in limbo — without its social programs, the economy will be, too". The Hill. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Leadership". Institute for Women’s Policy. April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Better Life Lab". New America. April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  19. ↑ Holder, Michelle. "Cohort II Scholars | Urban Institute". Urban Institute. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
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