Linda Barrington

Former Managing Director, Human Capital The Conference Board

Linda Barrington is the former Managing Director of Human Capital at The Conference Board. Barrington directed global workforce and human resources research offerings at The Conference Board. Her research projects included benchmarking top executive challenges, and assessing trends surrounding the maturing workforce, workforce readiness, and other related issues. Barrington has authored several Conference Board publications including: CEO Challenge, 2008: Top 10 Challenges; The 2008 Report on Top Executive Compensation-Key Findings; Are They Really Ready to Work? Employer Perspectives on New Workforce Entrants; Weights and Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity; and Does A Rising Tide Lift All Boats? America's Full-Time Working Poor Reap Limited Gains in The New Economy. Barrington has appeared on numerous news programs including NBC Nightly News, All Things Considered, Marketplace, MSNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg. Before joining The Conference Board, Barrington was on the faculty of the Economics Department of Barnard College of Columbia University. There she published several articles on gender economics, poverty measurement and economic history. Barrington received her B.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin, and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois.

Publications by Linda Barrington

Economics Program Working Paper Series

• Workforce Diversity and Productivity: An Analysis of Employer-Employee Match Data
  18 April, 2001

Executive Action Report

• Increasing U.S. Business Investment in Postsecondary Credentialing for New Workforce Entrants
  31 March, 2010
• Investing in the Future—the Importance of Cross-Sector Partnerships in Improving Workforce Readiness
  11 February, 2008
• The 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings
  31 December, 2007
• Looking for Employees in All the Right Places
  13 December, 2005
• Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority
  25 September, 2002

Research Report

• U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update
  28 January, 2010
• U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010
  31 August, 2009
• Innovation and US Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth
  07 May, 2009
• Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007
  12 June, 2008
• Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity
  09 April, 2008
• The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report
  04 April, 2008
• Are They Really Ready to Work?
  02 October, 2006
• CEO Challenge 2006: Top 10 Challenges
  02 November, 2005
• CEO Challenge 2004: Top Ten Challenges (Executive Summary)
  16 August, 2004
• Does A Rising Tide Lift All Boats?
  14 June, 2000
• Are Poor Nations Closing the Gap in Living Standards?: Perspectives on a Global Economy
  13 January, 2000