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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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    Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports


    Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jill Yavorsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Organizational Science, University of North Carolina Charlotte January 16, 2019 Although many sexist prejudices have weakened over time, gender stereotypes still influence employers’ decisions […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

    3q: Per Coontz, Equality is an Agenda for All Working People, Not Just Feminists Virginia Rutter interviews Stephanie Coontz on the new Council on Contemporary Families brief, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options, by Jill Yavorsky. VR: You edited Jill Yavorsky’s brief on hiring-related discrimination, where she reports […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    Who Goes to Jail for Child Support Debt?

    Posted on June 19, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Elizabeth Cozzolino   Introduction Child support enforcement aims to increase child well-being by ensuring that noncustodial parents contribute to children’s material well-being. Yet owing child support debt puts nonresident parents at risk for going to jail, triggering potentially […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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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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    The Impact of Information about Abortion Safety on Texas Voters’ Opinions about Restrictive Laws

    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   Kari White, Daniel Grossman, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter   Introduction A substantial gap exists between the scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of abortion in the United States and public opinion about abortion safety. […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
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    The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil

    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   Letícia J. Marteleto, Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Zanatta Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro Alves   Introduction The epidemic caused by the Zika virus has been a major public health shock for Brazil, particularly for reproductive-age women. The virus is […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
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    What are the Effects of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Depression and Thoughts of Death on Their Children’s Level of Parental Connectedness?

    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 Susan De Luca, Yan Yueqi, and Yolanda Padilla Introduction Mental health outcomes such as depression are often passed down in families. While links between the mental health symptoms of parents and their children have been established, there is […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Health & Illness
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    Improving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru

    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 Abigail Weitzman   Introduction Maternal mortality in Peru declined over 70 percent between 1990 and 2015, from approximately 250 deaths per 100,000 live births to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. Women’s education levels simultaneously rose over the same […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
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    How Greater Travel Distance Due to Clinic Closures Reduced Access to Abortion in Texas

    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   Daniel Grossman, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction In 2013, the Texas legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2, a law that restricted access to medication abortion, banned abortions after 20 weeks “post-fertilization,” required doctors who […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Feminism & Families / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
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    EXPERTS

    Constance Ahrons

    Professor Emerita, University of Southern California

    M. V. Lee Badgett

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

    Jessica Calarco

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

    Daniel Carlson

    Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah

    Deborah Carr

    Professor of Sociology, Boston University

    Andrew Cherlin

    Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

    Stephanie Coontz

    Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families; Professor, The Evergreen State College

    Carolyn Cowan

    Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley

    Philip Cowan

    Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

    Robert Crosnoe

    Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

    Christina Cross

    Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

    Rebecca Davis

    Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

    Sinikka Elliott

    Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

    Paula Fomby

    Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

    Frank Furstenberg

    Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

    Lawrence Ganong

    PhD Professor and Co-Chair of the College of Environmental Science, University of Missouri

    Elizabeth Gershoff

    Professor, University of Texas at Austin

    Kathleen Gerson

    Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Jennifer Glass

    Professor of Sociology , University of Texas, Austin

    Janet C. Gornick

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

    Jeffrey Hayes

    Program Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research

    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

    Ricci Levy

    President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

    Joan Maya Mazelis

    Associate Professor, Rutgers University-Camden

    Adina Nack

    Professor of Sociology, California Lutheran University

    Ruth Nemzoff

    Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

    Abigail Ocobock

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame

    Elizabeth Peters

    Director, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute

    Richard Petts

    Professor of Sociology, Ball State University

    Barbara Risman

    Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Luke Russell

    Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

    Virginia Rutter

    Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

    Sharon Sassler

    Professor, Cornell University

    Kevin Shafer

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University & McMaster University

    Betsey Stevenson

    Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Susan Stewart

    Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

    Ellen Wartella

    Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication, Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Professor of Medical Social Sciences Director, Center on Media and Human Development School of Communication Chair, Department of Communication Studies

    Kristi Williams

    Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University

    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

    Emma Zang

    Assistant Professor, Yale University

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