Studies

A majority of teens prefer in-person over virtual or hybrid learning. Hispanic and lower-income teens are particularly likely to fear they’ve fallen behind. [Monica Anderson, Michelle Faverio and [...]

Despite all the chaos and struggles, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic gave many parents the first-hand experience of working from home. And they liked it. [Wendy Wang and Jenet Erickson [...]

Universal early childhood programmes can deliver significant health benefits. [Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL), April 2022.] READ MORE

The paper acknowledges the relevance and interplay of the family and other socialisation agents such as the media and nature, with children to shape sustainable behaviors. [A. R. Shaheen Hosany, [...]

Male and female children can restore their relationship with their parents by having substantial participation in visual art activities, [Chunhai Gao, Endale Tadesse and Sabika Khalid – BMC [...]

The evidence points to a clear role of social protection instruments across the lifecycle, and their combined power to reduce the drivers of child labour through a system-wide approach. [ILO and [...]

This study proposes to quantify Equality of Opportunity while explicitly including a genetic-based measure of innate ability. [Rita Dias Pereira – bioRxiv, 20 December 2021.] READ MORE

The results show that survival progress is mainly having an effect on population growth at older ages, although accounting for indirect historical effects illuminates additional contributions at [...]

Gender differences in time use by age groups from the Multinational Time Use Study covering the period from 2005 to 2015. [Joan García Román and Pablo Gracia – Plos One, 9 March 2022.] READ MORE

The decline in U.S. fertility is closely related to the decline in marriage. Finding the right partner with whom to have children trumps economic reasons. [Wendy Wang – Institute for Family [...]