Tag: Child care
In fish, parents’ stressful experiences influence offspring behavior via epigenetic changes
Jennifer Hellmann, University of Dayton
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What does the economy need now? 4 suggestions for Biden’s coronavirus...
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University; Melanie G. Long, The College of Wooster; R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University, and Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury
Editor’s note:...
Free preschool, longer school days and affordable day care help keep...
Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Liana C. Sayer, University of Maryland, and Stephanie Moller, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Women now account for half...
Why Congress needs to make child care more affordable – 5...
Taryn Morrissey, American University School of Public Affairs
Editor’s note: Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., recently reintroduced their Child Care...
The soaring cost of US child care, in 5 charts
Heidi Steinour, University of South Florida
The cost of having children in the U.S. has climbed exponentially since the 1960s. So it’s no wonder the...
The US is stingier with child care and maternity leave than...
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In most American families led by couples, both parents are in the workforce. At the same time, nearly 1...
Women earn less after they have kids, despite strong credentials
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Women without kids have earned more than employed mothers for decades or longer. But differences between these two kinds...
Baby bust: 5 charts show how expensive it is to have...
Heidi Steinour, University of South Florida
Today, roughly one in five women in the U.S. doesn’t have children. Thanks in part to this decline in...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
