A Brief Report Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Jennifer Glass, Robin W. Simon and Matthew A. Andersson Introduction A large body of research has established that parents are less happy than nonparents. The main explanation for this “happiness penalty” is that stressors associated with parenthood – time and […]
Topics of Expertise: Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Public Policy / Work & Family
On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. A fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families by Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College. Executive summary/advisory available. August 25, 2017 Ninety-seven years ago on Saturday, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting American women the […]
Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Work & FamilyADVISORY: Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. Gains, stalls, and setbacks August 25, 2017, Austin, TX: Since 1973, August 26th has been designated as Women’s Equality Day, offering a chance to assess the current status of gender equity. In a fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families, Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz (The […]
Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Work & FamilyWelfare Reform at 20. How’s that working? Overview of the Welfare Reform at 20 Online Symposium prepared for Council on Contemporary Families by symposium editor Virginia Rutter, Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University. CCF’s Online Symposium examines the origins, progress, and future of welfare reform. August 22, 2016. Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton proposed […]
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / TANF & Public Assistance / Work & FamilyWelfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers’ Employment after 20 Years A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland. August 22, 2016 The welfare reform bill that emerged in 1996, after a back-and-forth struggle between President Bill Clinton and the Congress (both houses of which […]
Topics of Expertise: TANF & Public Assistance / Work & FamilyA briefing paper prepared for Council on Contemporary Families by Alan Barber, Director of Domestic Policy, Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Virginia Rutter, Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University. August 22, 2016 Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work examining how full employment […]
Topics of Expertise: Labor & Workforce / TANF & Public Assistance / Work & Family
CCF members Heather Boushey, Stephanie Coontz, and Nancy Folbre join other prominent feminists in reflecting on the significance of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family for Short Takes: Provocations on Public Feminism, an online-first feature of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.
Topics of Expertise: Feminism & Families / Work & Family
RH Fact Check cited CCF members Stephanie Coontz, Nancy Folbre, and Kristi Williams in its review of Jeb Bush’s comments on poverty and marriage, Hard Work and Marriage Aren’t the Magic Cure-Alls for Poverty Jeb Bush Is Hoping For.
Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Work & Family
What Helps Women Entrepreneurs Flourish? A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Sarah Thébaud, University of California at Santa Barbara November 5, 2015 Most Americans agree that entrepreneurship is an important component of economic growth and job creation. Small businesses accounted for two million new jobs last year, and innovative start-ups […]
Topics of Expertise: Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
Gender Revolution and the Restabilization of Family Life A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Frances Goldscheider, College Park Professor of Family Science, University of Maryland August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. Established in 1971, the day commemorates passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. […]
Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Division of Labor in Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Senior Sociologist, RAND Corporation; Professor of Sociology and Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Professor Emerita of Sociology at University at Albany, SUNY & Faculty Affiliate at University of Washington, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Assistant Professor at Adrian College
Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah
Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families; Professor, The Evergreen State College
Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor of Sociology at George Mason University
Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Kennedy School, Harvard University
Director of Family Policy Center for American Progress
Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Director of the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Professor of English, University of Houston
Chief Operating Officer and Executive VP, R&D Kashiv Pharma, LLC
Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of Women's & Gender Studies, University of Missouri
Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Social Policy program, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Clinical Training, Marriage and Family Therapy
Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Sociologist & Co-Director of the Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Sociology, University of Cincinnati
Professor of Law & Paul M. Siskind Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Life Course Center, University of Minnesota
Professor of Psychology; Director of Center for Research on Families at University of Masschusetts Amherst/ Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Center Director, Urban Institute, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population
Professor of Sociology with the Maryland Population Research Center and Director of the Maryland Time Use Lab
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
Senior Fellow, Brookings; Professor, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan; CEPR, CESifo, IZA, NBER and GAllup
