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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 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 onDecember 4, 2020

Institutional influences on inequalities over the lifecourse

Anette Fasang shares Equal Lives research findings at DIAL Workshop Research from the Equal Lives project was shared at an online DIAL workshop looking at institutional influences on inequalities over the lifecourse. Professor Anette Fasang from Humboldt University and co-PI 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 onNovember 16, 2020

Remarried: will your former spouse do the same?

New DIAL Working Paper from Equal lives’ Zafer Büyükkeçeci investigates whether divorcees who re-marry play a role in their former spouse’s decisions to remarry also.  Using administrative data from Statistics Netherlands, Zafer looked at divorcees who remarried or lived with a 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 …

By admin / Posted onJanuary 15, 2020

Nordic work-family policies: do they promote equality between men and women?

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 …

Black woman and white man and woman working
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 …

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