The Four-Day Work Week
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Is the four-day work week our silver bullet for work-life balance?
Is the four-day work week our silver bullet for work-life balance?
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During the Covid pandemic, it has been evident that much of the domestic burden of caring for relatives, homeschooling children…
Some fear the effects of the pandemic could have lasting impacts on everything from homeownership to wealth accumulation for…
By Lauren Bauer, Sara Estep, Winnie YeeIn 2020, mothers of younger children were primary and primarily caregivers. In this piece…
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Introduction by Croakey: The “shocking global disparity” in access to vaccines remains one of the biggest risks to ending the…
We've done a roundup of political science research on what mothers want from public policy.
As long as women have been working outside the home, they’ve held a precarious place in the labor force. Over the last year…
Remote work was long considered the promised land for working moms. But a year into the pandemic, many are eager to get back to…
Working remotely ought to have helped equalize kids, cooking and more. Instead, dads are engaged in the Great COVID Cop-out.
Pandemic strikes earth. Women affected most? As a result, some suggest that a year of Covid-19 may undo decades worth of…
Nicole Bowles, Ph.D., describes how she tried to stretch research funding when her studies were paused during the early days of…
The rebound in jobs for men in the US was swift after the initial weeks of the Covid pandemic, but not so for women. This…
By the beginning of 2020 women’s labour force participation stood at 58%, nearly a three-fold increase in the past century (civil…
Analysis from the Pew Research Center shows how the pandemic has changed employment status and working hours among hispanic…
A recent study found that more than one in four women are considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce…
Mothers are more likely to take care of the kids while fathers get to do their jobs. miodrag ignjatovic/E+ via Getty…
The continued economic recession caused by the coronavirus is having a disproportionate effect on moms and women of color. The…
“This will set gender equity back quite a bit.”
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Some employers are getting creative to keep parents—and especially moms—from dropping out of the workforce. But is it enough?
The problem of how to educate the country’s more than 73 million children during the pandemic has given us a once-in-a-generation…
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By Dr. Dana SuskindIn a recent New York Times interview, Elon Musk was asked how he balances his “insane” work schedule—colonizin…
Researchers have looked at the period after the pandemic started, but before lockdowns came in, across the globe to gauge its…
During the pandemic, families are reverting to traditional gender roles in terms of division of household labour, with mothers…
It’s fairly well known that despite the situation improving somewhat in recent decades, women still tend to do the lions share…
“Our findings indicate mothers are bearing the brunt of the pandemic and may face long-term employment penalties as a…
The following post is co-authored with Jessica Calarco. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, policymakers at the national…