Research Digest

The main purpose of this guide is to provide direction to national authorities and stakeholders responsible for or involved in forming or sustaining national programmes. [World Health [...]

Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework. [Richard Fry, Carolina Aragão, Kiley Hurst and Kim [...]

Evidence of the preference for having a girl, reflected in an increased probability of not having a second child if the first child is female. They also find that women who have two children of [...]

First of two reports as part of an assessment of mental health and well-being in the context of the OECD’s work on measuring well-being. [OECD, March 15, 2023.] READ MORE

Having a severely dysfunctional family and a negative coping style increase the incidence rates of depression and anxiety. These findings highlight the importance of paying special attention to [...]

Self-reported poor family cohesion the first year after the loss of a parent to cancer is strongly associated with long-term negative psychological health-related outcomes among bereaved [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for childhood immunization. In just three years, the world has lost more than a decade of progress. [United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), April [...]

What help do parents actually give their children in the labor market? One key advantage is human capital, in the broadest sense. However, parents, when they can, also employ a wide array of [...]

It is well established that parenting influences child behavior at home, but less is known about the associations between parenting and teacher reports of child behavior at school, an environment [...]

Many industrialized societies have experienced increases in life expectancy and in the mean age at first birth. This has likely impacted the lifetime that parents share with their children; i.e., [...]