Misty Heggeness, an associate professor at the University Of Kansas, joined Forbes senior editor Maggie McGrath on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss working mothers leaving the workforce at the fastest pace since the pandemic.
August 29, 2025
University of Kansas professor Misty Heggeness joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to explain why women, especially mothers, are leaving the workforce, and how return-to-office mandates and rising childcare costs are playing a role.
August 14, 2025
Misty Heggeness talks about women's paid work experiences in this Kenergy economy with @CNN's Kim Brunhuber.
August 10, 2025
“Economics … tends to be very traditional and very bland in how we teach it. So, this seemed like a super fun opportunity to get high school students and first year college students really engaged in understanding the concepts of economics, the theories of economics using something that is so tangentially real to them in this moment." - Misty L. Heggeness
February 29, 2024
More Americans, especially the younger generations, are pairing up without the intent to have children. This new trend has led to the rise of a new type of household popularly referred to as DINKs: dual income, no kids. So what’s it like to live the DINK lifestyle? And will it be the future of American households?
December 21, 2023
Remote work helps women stay in the workforce? Discussion of remote work, flexibility in the workplace, and women's labor force participation.
November 16, 2023
Weekend Debrief talks inflation, government shutdown, and economic inequality with Misty Heggeness, associate professor of public affairs and economics, University of Kansas.
September 30, 2023
"This summer is just a taste of what's to come. I think we really need to take the female consumer seriously." Misty Lee Heggeness, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, discusses the dramatically rising economic power of women.
August 9, 2023
University of Kansas Associate Professor Misty Heggeness joins Yahoo Finance Live anchor Ines Ferre to discuss President Biden’s executive order on caregiving, rethinking how we generate economic statistics, and the wage gap.
April 22, 2023
In celebration of women’s history month various guests joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss some of the difficulties women have faced due to COVID-19, investing opportunities, leadership opportunities and even the gender pay gap.
April 1, 2022
U.S. Census Bureau Principal Economist Misty Heggeness joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the gender pay gap, how women work more unpaid hours than men, and policy solutions that would acknowledge women's contributions to the economy.
March 8, 2022
Misty Heggeness, U.S. Census Bureau Principal Economist, discusses her new report with Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman that looks at hardships facing mothers of school age children as they are forced to leave the workforce.
September 5, 2021
Work Shifting Chapter (Minute 35:52)
August 31, 2021
Misty Heggeness, U.S. Census Bureau Principal Economist, joins Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Kristin Myers to discuss women in the labor force.
May 9, 2021
Pandemic takes financial, emotional toll on parents of kids with disabilities.
September 30, 2020
Nearly 1 in 4 mothers said they are staying out of work because they have to take care of their children, according to an analysis by the Census Bureau. U.S. Census Bureau Principal Economist Misty Heggeness joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to discuss.
August 23, 2020