News

Work and life are often thought of as a zero-sum of hours in conflict but work-life balance also depends on investment in care and men’s full participation in the home. [Frances McGinnity – [...]

A country that does not publicly fund national defense won’t have much of it. A society that doesn’t support parents will have fewer children. [Stephanie H. Murray – The Atlantic, 25 April [...]

Inequality has seemingly caused many American parents to jettison friendships and activities in order to invest more resources in their kids, while prior generations didn’t need to be as [...]

As well as the impact of population dynamics on development is understood, there is surprisingly little global awareness of the next great stage of the world historical demographic story, even [...]

Dramatic demographic changes are underway in China. Yet one absolutely momentous demographic trend has attracted far less attention: the coming transformation of the Chinese family structure. [...]

Teleworking has the potential to support work-life balance and should be a means of promoting gender equality. For this, the burden of the unpaid care and domestic work performed by women must be [...]

In 2019, 4.17 million babies were born in the European Union (EU), continuing a decreasing trend that started after 2008 when 4.68 million children were born in the EU. [Eurostat, 23 March [...]

This report brings together the best available evidence on the nature and magnitude of ageism, its determinants and its impact. It outlines what strategies work to prevent and counter ageism, [...]

The rise of “work-focused” value sets and life courses means that achieving work-family balance isn’t just about employment norms adjusting to the growing complexity of individual aspirations; it [...]

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high levels of income mobility across generations, but despite generous Danish [...]