 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 previously served as an economist for the Center for American Progress, the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and the Economic Policy Institute.She currently sits on the board of the Opportunity Institute and is an associate editor of "Feminist Economics" and a senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic and Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research.