Understanding inequality and how it impacts the lives of young adults
In Episode 6 of Series 2 of our podcast, we talk with Professor Anette Fasang from Humboldt University and Professor Silke Aisenbrey from Yeshiva University about their research looking at how inequality plays out in the parallel work and lives Continue Reading …
Equal Lives research looking at how couples working at home shared housework chores during and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has been featured on The Conversation. The research, by Aleja Rodriguez Sanchez, Anette Fasang and Susan Harkness showed that whilst Continue Reading …
by Chris Garrington New research from the Equal Lives project suggests initiatives to support disadvantaged families should focus on supporting job success rather than on marriage guidance. Government programmes which have targeted individual families to support relationship stability may Continue Reading …
New Equal Lives study finds we did become a little bit more egalitarian during Lockdown 1 but many women ended up doing more than their fair share again once restrictions eased. The research led by Equal Lives PI Professor Susan Continue Reading …
In Episode 5 of Series 2 of our podcast, we talk to Alejandra Rodríguez Sánchez from the University of Berlin and Susan Harkness from the University of Bristol about research from the DIAL funded Equal Lives project on the gendered Continue Reading …
In the fourth episode of our Podcast looking at research from the Equal Lives project, we talk to Michael Grätz from the University of Lausanne and Swedish Institute for Social Research. He discusses research published in Demography involving Equal Lives team members Continue Reading …
New research from Equal Lives shows that relationships with former partners continue to influence people’s lives even after a split. The study by Zafer Büyükkceçi looked at on individuals’ re-partnering behavior following a divorce and asked whether divorcees influence each Continue Reading …
New paper from Equal Lives’ Zachary Van Winkle and Anette Fasang shows place more important than time in unstable family and working lives Across Europe the stability of people’s working and family lives largely stayed the same from generation to Continue Reading …
Equal Lives researchers Zafer Büyükkeçeci and Thomas Leopold have published new research on the family formation influence that siblings have on each other. This study looked at whether getting married, having children or getting divorced is likely to influence a sibling Continue Reading …
Equal Lives PI Susan Harkness has produced a blog for the Economics Observatory about widening inequality between men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic. In it she explains that while men and women’s employment has suffered, mothers have been hit Continue Reading …