Understanding inequality and how it impacts the lives of young adults
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 …
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 …
Zafer Büyükkeçeci blogs about his new research looking at how people living in different countries have reacted and responded to the pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting health, social, mental, and economic well-being worldwide. Cooperating, by taking precautions such as Continue Reading …
New blog on how COVID19 could impact on gender equality progress Equal Lives PI Susan Harkness joined forces with a group of economists to write about how Covid-19 crisis presents a potentially major setback for gender equality in a blog Continue Reading …
Research looking at whether policies aimed at supporting work-family balance for families help minimise gender gaps in earnings in Finland is featured in the latest Issue of Discover Society. Continue Reading …
Did millennials really experience more unstable and precarious life courses compared to the baby boomers, as is frequently assumed? Zachary Van Winkle blogs on early findings from the Equal Lives project. Continue Reading …