The harmony and conflict arising from couples’ employment status
Journal Article - August 2, 2021
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Social needs of older adults can’t be met by technology alone, says new COVID-19 research
COVID-19, inter-household contact and mental well-being among older adults in the US and the UK
Virtual contact was worse for older people during the pandemic than no contact, study finds
Virtual contact in pandemic prompts misery in people over 60
Virtual contact worse than no contact for over-60s in lockdown, says study
Over-60s with only virtual contact ‘more lonely’
Is ‘employment during motherhood’ a ‘value changing experience’?
Research Paper, CESifo Working Papers, 9222 - July 15, 2021
COVID-19 and adolescent mental health in the United Kingdom
Couples’ changing work patterns in the United Kingdom and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic
Relationship quality and family formation in Europe. How country context shapes (un)happy couples’ transitions to marriage and first birth
Research Paper, ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Papers, 96 - July 15, 2021
Work less, help out more? The persistence of gender inequality in housework and childcare during UK COVID-19
Journal Article - June 15, 2021
Work-family lifecourses and later-life health in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - June 15, 2021
Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey briefing note: working at home
Research Paper, Understanding Society Briefing Notes - June 1, 2021
COVID-19: relationships between children and their non-resident parents in the early months of the pandemic
Book Chapter, Annual report 2020: Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - April 15, 2021
Temporal dimensions of unemployment and relationship happiness in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - April 15, 2021
Pandemic has increased likelihood of female breadwinners
The careers and time use of mothers and fathers
Report - March 15, 2021
Women more likely to reduce hours than men after birth of children, study finds
Media - March 12, 2021
The first COVID-19 lockdown did nothing but confirm the gendered division of domestic chores
Media - March 8, 2021
Gender differences in unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK Covid-19 lockdown
Journal Article - March 4, 2021
Insights 2020-21: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Report - January 22, 2021
Is the grass greener on the other side? The health impact of providing informal care in the UK and the Netherlands
Journal Article - January 15, 2021
How entry into parenthood shapes gender role attitudes: new evidence from longitudinal UK data
Research Paper, Carlo Alberto Notebooks, 635 - December 15, 2020
Work, care, and gender across UK lockdowns
Media - November 23, 2020
Husbands are unhappy when their wives earn more than them and they get a ‘psychological kick’ if a pay rise increases salary superiority within their marriage, research reveals
Media - November 22, 2020
Men lose life satisfaction with fewer hours in employment: mothers do not profit from longer employment – evidence from eight panels
Journal Article - November 15, 2020
Has lockdown strengthened marriages?
Report - November 15, 2020
How lockdowns have reversed traditional gender roles in some UK households and further entrenched them in others
Media - November 10, 2020
Covid divorce boom? No – lockdown rejuvenates marriages
Media - November 8, 2020
Good news for marriage as new study debunks claims of a COVID lockdown divorce boom
Media - October 26, 2020
The partner pay gap: associations between spouses’ relative earnings and life satisfaction among couples in the UK
Journal Article - October 16, 2020