Health Care Reform Is a Woman’s Issue
Last week Michelle Obama spoke on why health insurance reform is a women’s issue. A lot of numbers support her case, an economist writes.
View ArticleWho’s Taking Care of Your Mother?
Probably another woman, perhaps you. An economist discusses why elder care usually involves women taking care of women.
View ArticleFamily Leave: Right or Privilege?
The government guarantees workers job-protected unpaid leave to cope with things like a child's illness, but recent research finds big holes in coverage and enforcement, an economist writes.
View ArticleHow Much Do We Spend Caring for Family?
The government doesn’t systematically measure either the value of time or the level of spending devoted to caring for children and other dependents. But it should, an economist writes.
View ArticleGender Trade-Offs
Changing gender roles have created some rather complicated choices, and that helps explain why it’s hard to assess progress toward gender equality, an economist writes.
View ArticleWhy Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant
Contrary to gender stereotypes of feminine domestic bliss, women are much more likely to report being in an “unpleasant state” when spending time with their parents and children.
View ArticleImproving Home-Care Services, Creating Jobs
Government spending to provide better home care for those in need would also provide economic stimulus, an economist writes.
View ArticleReader Response: ‘Womanly’ Jobs and Low Pay
An economist responds to readers' comments about why traditionally feminine jobs don't pay well.
View ArticlePreferring Boys to Girls
China isn't the only country where parents have a distinct preference for baby boys rather than girls -- so is the United States, according to Gallup poll data from the last 70 years.
View ArticleCampaigning for Care
An economist asks why presidential candidates won't engage on public policies affecting care for dependents.
View ArticleGender Trade-Offs
Changing gender roles have created some rather complicated choices, and that helps explain why it’s hard to assess progress toward gender equality, an economist writes.
View ArticleWhy Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant
Contrary to gender stereotypes of feminine domestic bliss, women are much more likely to report being in an “unpleasant state” when spending time with their parents and children.
View ArticleReader Response: ‘Womanly’ Jobs and Low Pay
An economist responds to readers' comments about why traditionally feminine jobs don't pay well.
View ArticlePreferring Boys to Girls
China isn't the only country where parents have a distinct preference for baby boys rather than girls -- so is the United States, according to Gallup poll data from the last 70 years.
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