Overview
Isabel M. Perera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. She studies how politics shape the social policies, labor markets, and overall economies of affluent democracies, focusing on the United States and Western Europe.
Her book, The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies, is available open-access from Cambridge University Press (Studies in Comparative Politics Series).
For more information about her work, please visit www.isabelmperera.com.
Affiliations
Center for the Study of Inequality
Institute for European Studies
Cornell Center for Health Equity
Cornell Center for Social Sciences
In the news
- Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures names 2026 faculty fellows
- Cornellian selected for Gaither Fellows Program
- The key to some nations’ public support for mental health care
- Engaged faculty network grows with 28 new fellows
- Hubs grant launches AI collaboration, new proposals due Oct. 4
- Grants advance social sciences research, collaboration
- COVID-19 healthcare issues reflect pre-existing inequalities
