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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 […]

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family

The Parenthood “Happiness Penalty”: The Effects of Social Policies in 22 Countries

Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports

Experts: Jennifer Glass

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

CCF BRIEF: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Brief Reports

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

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 & Family

CCF ADVISORY: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Press Releases

Experts: Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

ADVISORY: 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 & Family

Welfare Reform at 20. How’s that working for you?

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia

Experts: Virginia Rutter

Welfare 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 & Family

Welfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers’ Employment after 20 Years

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia

Welfare 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 & Family

TANF didn’t fight poverty. Full employment did.

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia

Experts: Virginia Rutter

A 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

Women Still at Work: CCF members weigh in on Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family

Posted on May 20, 2016 in Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

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

Presidential Candidate Fact Checked by CCF Experts: Stephanie Coontz, Nancy Folbre, and Kristi Williams

Posted on January 22, 2016 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Kristi Williams / Stephanie Coontz

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

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EXPERTS

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

Stephanie Coontz

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

David Cotter

Professor of Sociology, Union College

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

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

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

Rosanna Hertz

1919 Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College

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