doi:10.7916/3kmy-ft05Oral history interview with Betsey Stevenson, 2022Stevenson, Betseyoral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--United StatesWomen--Economic conditions.--United StatesUnemployment--United StatesUnemployment insurance--United StatesConsumer protection--Law and legislation--United StatesSick leave--Law and legislation--United StatesMinimum wage--Law and legislation--United StatesPay equity--United StatesWages--Women--United StatesStevenson, BetseyObama, BarackCouncil of Economic Advisers (U.S.)United States. Department of LaborBetsey Stevenson discusses her contribution to the economic policy of the Obama administration, in which she served as chief economist at the United States Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011, and as a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from 2013 to 2015. She focuses on the economic and employment consequences of the financial crisis and economic recession, and discusses the administration's efforts to reduce unemployment and improve the economic conditions of women and working families. Stevenson also outlines her academic and policy research into notable economic issues relevant to the administration's legislative and policy agendas, including the differences between job losses in the goods and service sectors of the U.S. economy, the causes of long-term unemployment, the expansion of unemployment insurance, consumer protections in the retirement planning and investment advising industry, workplace flexibility, paid sick leave for federal employees and contractors, the federal minimum wage, and the gender wage gap. Also discussed are the relationship between academic research and government service, the Obama administration's attention to economic issues affecting women, the workplace culture of, and work-life balance in, the Obama White House, and the administration's use of executive actions on economic issues after the loss of Democratic majorities in Congress