Dr. Golden is currently Senior Research Analyst, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations. He is also Professor of Economics and Labor & Employment Relations at Penn State University, Abington College. His research analyzes trends in working hours, overtime, overwork, overemployment and underemployment, work schedule flexibility and variability, labor market and workplace flexibility, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and labor laws and policies, worker well-being and happiness, work-sharing, part-time work, time-use, work-family and health consequences, non-standard and contingent employment and employment policies. He is co-editor of two books, including Working Time, and has published research in leading journals such as Industrial Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Monthly Labor Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Applied Economics, Journal of Community, Work & Family, and Journal of Family and Economic Issues. He teaches courses on Labor Economics, Labor Markets and Work-Life Policies and Practices