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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 20, 2022

In The Conversation: lockdown domestic burden research

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 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 onDecember 20, 2021

Sharing housework in the pandemic: what changed and for how long?

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 …

By admin / Posted onApril 15, 2021

Did family and working lives became more unstable in the 20th century?

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 …

By admin / Posted onMarch 12, 2021

Sibling influence on family formation

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 …

By admin / Posted onMarch 12, 2021

How is the response to coronavirus affecting gender equality?

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 …

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 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 …

By admin / Posted onJune 19, 2020

How will the response to coronavirus affect gender equality?

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 …

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