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Economic Inequality

Economic Inequality

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  • Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Posted on January 21, 2021 in CCF News, Fact Sheets
    Experts: Kristi Williams

    Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Lawrence Stacey and Kristi Williams, The Ohio State University Despite the important temporary relief provided to many families by the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided $1,200 to […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Economic Inequality / Health & Illness / Labor & Workforce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / TANF & Public Assistance / Trauma and Disaster / Work & Family
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    CCF Board Member Barbara Risman On How To Help Working Parents While Also Equalizing Children’s Educational Access

    Posted on August 12, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Barbara Risman

    Read her op-ed in the Chicago Tribune: “A new Works Progress Administration could create ‘learning pods’ for all schoolchildren.“

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    Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Economic Inequality / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19

    Posted on July 19, 2020 in CCF News, Fact Sheets
    Experts: Kristi Williams

    Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19 A fact sheet prepared by Kristi Williams, Ohio State University for the Council on Contemporary Families Although children appear to be less vulnerable than adults to serious COVID-19 medical complications, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that they are disproportionately endangered by the pandemic’s […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality
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    Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis

    Posted on May 4, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News
    Experts: Amanda Miller / Sharon Sassler

    Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis A briefing paper prepared by Amanda Miller, University of Indianapolis, and Sharon Sassler, Cornell University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. Much has been written about the challenges couples face as they adjust to “shelter in place” policies triggered by the coronavirus. […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Economic Inequality / Marriage & Divorce / Public Policy / Trauma and Disaster
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    When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind?

    Posted on March 1, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News
    Experts: Jessica Calarco

    When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind? A briefing paper prepared by Jessica McCrory Calarco, Indiana University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. We’ve all read about – and maybe even known – the “helicopter” parents who sweep into K-12 schools, demanding special treatment for their children, second-guessing teachers’ […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty

    Posted on October 28, 2019 in Fact Sheets
    Experts: Jennifer Glass

    10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dr. Jennifer Glass, Executive Director, Council on Contemporary Families and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Believe it or not, Halloween has its origins in folk customs designed to lower inequality between the rich and the […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Public Policy
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    New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Press Releases
    Experts: Virginia Rutter

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Sociology @ Framingham State University vrutter@gmail.com Sociologist Jill Yavorsky conducted a field audit on gender discrimination in hiring and shares this early exclusive summary and commentary with CCF. Her brief report, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options, shows that men as […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce
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    Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Kristine Hopkins, Celia Hubert, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kari White, Daniel Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter   Introduction Female community college students who have a child while in college are 65% more likely to drop out […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
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    Is Dropping out of High School More Likely after Stressful Life Events?

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Robert Crosnoe / Tama Leventhal

    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Veronique Dupéré, Eric Dion, Tama Leventhal, Isabelle Archambault, Robert Crosnoe, and Michel Janosz Introduction High school dropout is associated with negative individual and social consequences. For example, dropping out of high school can lead to long-term economic […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Trauma and Disaster
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    Cohabitating Couples With Lower Education Levels Marry Less. Is This Because They Do Not Want To?

    Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Kelly Raley Introduction Today, nearly two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation, but even as living together has increasingly become part of the marriage process, fewer cohabitating couples get married and an increasing proportion break up within […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Economic Inequality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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    EXPERTS

    M. V. Lee Badgett

    Professor of Economics, School of Public Policy UMass Amherst; Williams Institute UCLA

    Jessica Calarco

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

    Kelly Campbell

    Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

    Robert Crosnoe

    Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

    Sarah Damaske

    Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University

    Lori Delale-O’Connor

    Assistant Professor of Education, University of Pittsburgh Center for Urban Education

    Katherine Gallagher Robbins

    Director of Family Policy, Center for American Progress

    Kathleen Gerson

    Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Jennifer Glass

    Professor of Sociology , University of Texas, Austin

    Pilar Gonalons-Pons

    Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

    Rachel Gordon

    Professor of Sociology & Faculty Fellow of the Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Janet C. Gornick

    Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, Graduate Center CUNY

    Jeffrey Hayes

    Program Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research

    Natalie Hengstebeck

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Scholars Strategy Network, Duke University

    Clare Huntington

    Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

    Roberta Iversen

    Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Social Policy program, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice

    Arielle Kuperberg

    Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Tama Leventhal

    Associate Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University

    Ricci Levy

    President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

    Joan Maya Mazelis

    Associate Professor, Rutgers University-Camden

    Kelly Musick

    Professor and Interim Department Chair of Policy Analysis and Management, Director of the Cornell Population Center, Cornell University

    Laura Napolitano

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - Camden

    Joanna Pepin

    NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

    Maureen Perry-Jenkins

    Professor of Psychology & Director of Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Allison Pugh

    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia

    Jennifer Randles

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

    Lee Roper-Batker

    President and CEO, Community Foundations

    Pamela J. Smock

    Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    David Trimble

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

    Reeve Vanneman

    Professor, University of Maryland

    Justin Wolfers

    Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Nicholas Wolfinger

    Professor of Family & Consumer Studies and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Utah

    Colleen Wynn

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Indianapolis

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