Publications by Gillian Lester
December 1, 2012 • Working Papers • By Gillian Lester
The financial crisis and attendant job losses, as well as the aging of the population, have intensified pressure on social insurance, work supports, and other government benefits that spread risk…
Can Joe the Plumber Support Redistribution?: Law, Social Preferences, and Sustainable Policy Design
February 1, 2010 • Working Papers • By Gillian Lester
Abstract This article explores how to build political support for law reform designed to achieve economic redistribution. Specifically, I analyze and compare reforms that aim to redistribute by targeting benefits…
Choice of Law and Employee Restrictive Covenants
September 1, 2009 • Working Papers • By Elizabeth Ryan and Gillian Lester
Employees are increasingly mobile across state lines. This is partly the result of technological change that facilitates individual movement and communication, but also a result of corresponding changes in corporate…
The Aging Workforce and Paid Time Off
July 1, 2009 • Working Papers • By Gillian Lester
The workforce is getting older. This is not simply a matter of the workforce aging as the population ages. The relative workforce participation of older Americans has risen steadily over…