Research Digest

While women were more likely to lose these same jobs early in the COVID pandemic, these statistics demonstrate how the gender pay gap worsens with increases in part-time and casual jobs. The [...]

Parenting practices before and during the pandemic and how different parenting practices impact students’ learning and socio-emotional wellbeing, and how these may be correlated with parental [...]

Children born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) remain at high risk of developmental difficulties that can affect their behavior and ability to learn. [ScienceDaily, 28 April 2021.]   [...]

Paid parental leave offerings in the US are relatively rare and unequal. These findings suggest that there have been longstanding desires for more widespread and generous paid parental leave [...]

Spankings may actually be harmful to a child’s brain development. This form of punishment may affect how individuals make decisions and process situations for life. [Jorge Cuartas et al. – [...]

Attempts at comprehensive quantitative assessments of sustainable development can focus on either determinants or constituents of long-term human well-being. While much research on determinants [...]

New York’s paid family leave policy, which took effect in January 2018 and is funded by an employee payroll tax, does not seem to hurt employers. It seems to improve their ease of managing worker [...]

Institutionalized racism and inherent bias in child welfare policy, practice, and decision making contribute to families and communities of color disproportionately experiencing the failings of [...]

What role does population play in thinking about the problem of climate change and some of its solutions? This survey asked European demographers to state their views and asked them to rate their [...]

Results indicate a need for widespread family support and intervention to prevent potential family “scarring,” that is, prolonged, intertwined individual mental health and family relationship [...]