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By admin / Posted onFebruary 2, 2022

Work and family lives: Who has a chance of having it all?

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 …

By admin / Posted onJanuary 6, 2022

Economic policies more promising to reduce work-family inequality than family interventions

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 …

By admin / Posted onNovember 27, 2020

Complex work and family lives

Research from the Equal Lives project has shown that family lives have become more complex in the Nordic countries. It also shows a moderate increase in employment instability among the youngest generations across most countries. It is a common perception Continue Reading …

By admin / Posted onOctober 23, 2020

New research method helps better analyse lifecourse

Equal Lives research uses new method to see whether employment life-courses converge after reunification in the former East Germany and West Germany. Assessing and analysing the different paths that groups of people follow in life and comparing these in a Continue Reading …

By admin / Posted onOctober 5, 2020

The work and family lives of Israeli women: who fares best?

New DIAL Working Paper from Equal Lives shows Jewish Israeli women have access to more advantaged lives than their Palestinian counterparts New Equal Lives research examining the work and family life courses of young Jewish and Palestinian Israeli women shows Continue Reading …

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By admin / Posted onOctober 11, 2019

Work-Family life courses: where do inequalities exist?

Research from Anette Fasang and Silke Aisenbrey sheds further light on the gender and race inequalities facing people who are combining work and looking after a family. Continue Reading …

By admin / Posted onSeptember 24, 2019

Shattered Dream? Wealth Inequality among Baby Boomers and Millennials in the USA

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 …

By admin / Posted onNovember 23, 2018

Women, work and wages

We know that work lives of women are much more complex than men in the UK. While men generally work full-time, women often move in and out of labour market, and between part-time (PT) and full-time (FT) work. How these Continue Reading …

By admin / Posted onJuly 6, 2018

Gender equality is key to income equality

Members of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Science and Policy were briefed this week on why equality between men and women is key to tackling income inequality, particularly between families with children. Equal Lives principal investigator Susan Harkness told the Continue Reading …

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