Studies

Parental leave is not only beneficial for the mother and child but also has broad implications for fathers’ wellbeing. [Helena Honkaniemi, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Mikael Rostila and Sol P. [...]

Societal, organisational, institutional and psychological factors that explain why time poverty is often under appreciated, while reducing it is key to promote psychological and economic [...]

The pandemic has brought millions of children more face-to-face with challenges ranging from lost health insurance and bare pantries to the threat of homelessness due to eviction or foreclosure. [...]

Parents who engaged in higher levels of emotion coaching of children’s negative emotions and who maintained more stable home routines were more effectively able to buffer the effects of stress on [...]

This study demonstrates the causal impact of a poverty reduction intervention on early childhood brain activity. [Sonya V. Troller-Renfreea et al. – PNAS, 1 February 2022.] READ MORE

Evidence on the relationship between fathers’ labor market outcomes and number of children. [Anna Baranowska-Rataj & Anna Matysiak – Feminist Economics, 20 January 2022.] READ MORE

How much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among parents of young children, and mothers specifically? [Jason Furman, [...]

Child-development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behaviour. [Melinda Wenner Moyer – Nature, 13 January 2022.] READ MORE

When one person goes to prison, their entire family goes with them. [Christopher Bates – Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, 14 December 2021.] READ MORE

The results reflect a story of both challenges (often unequally felt across different demographic groups) and extraordinary resilience in the face of the difficulties of the pandemic era. [...]