USA: 3 Strategies for Supporting Family Caregivers at Work
More than six million people who were not working in March 2022 said it was because they were caring for someone else. [Marcel Schwantes – Inc, 14 July 2022.] READ MORE
Paid Family Leave in America: Why It’s Essential and How To Design an Effective Policy
Employees and jobseekers highly value access to this benefit, and organizations need to evaluate where they stand in order to remain competitive. [Cat DiStasio – ADP, June 2022.] READ MORE
USA: What expanded public subsidies could mean for children, families, and teachers
Substantial evidence indicates that high-quality early care and education experiences, facilitated through policies to expand and enhance program offerings, can support both parents’ employment [...]
The Work-Family Reset in Post-COVID America
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 [...]
Policymakers, advocates call for better support of maternal mental health
State leaders and community advocates called for better support and policies for maternal mental health on Tuesday, saying almost half of Utah mothers report mental health symptoms before, during [...]
1 in 6 US kids are in families below the poverty line
The official child poverty rate is about the same today as in 1967. It stood at 17% in 1967 – just about the same as in 2020. In many recent years the rate hovered even higher – around 20%. [The [...]
The Relational and Economic Factors Associated With Having Children in America
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 [...]
What Happens When White People Become a Minority in America?
Many of today’s political conflicts in the United States can be understood as attempts to reconcile earlier understandings of the nation’s identity with what it has become. [Justin Gest – [...]
Rising share of U.S. adults are living without a spouse or partner
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting. [Richard Fry and Kim Parker – Pew Research Center, 5 October 2021.] [...]
