Another day, another study on whether women who work are jeopardizing their children's well-being. According to a review of 50 years of research on the subject, kids whose moms went back to work before the kids were 3 years old had no worse academic or behavioral problems than kids whose moms stayed home. In fact, in some instances they did better.
Here's the review of 50 years of studies!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Slate Article: Are Young Women Earning More than their Boyfriends?
Check out Slate's take on it: women are better edumacated.
Young, Single Women's Pay Versus Their Male Counterparts
Check out this Wall Street Journal Article: Young, Single Women's Pay Exceeds Male Peers'
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Effect of Working Motherhood on Babies
Check out this article that argues that babies don't suffer when mothers return to work.
The Stigma of Being a Housewife
STOCKHOLM — When the Swedish journalist Peter Letmark tried to track down a housewife for a series on 21st-century parents in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter recently, he failed.
"Housewives," he explained, "are a near-extinct species in Sweden. And the few who still do exist don’t really dare to go public with it."
Checkout this article that asks the question "When it is no longer socially acceptable to be a housewife — or homemaker, in modern American parlance — has feminism overshot its objective?"
"Housewives," he explained, "are a near-extinct species in Sweden. And the few who still do exist don’t really dare to go public with it."
Checkout this article that asks the question "When it is no longer socially acceptable to be a housewife — or homemaker, in modern American parlance — has feminism overshot its objective?"
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Explaining the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy
Check out this new paper which claims that "financial illiteracy is widespread among women, and that many women are unfamiliar with even the most basic economic concepts needed to make saving and investment decisions."
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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