Work-family Conflicts

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Research conducted by: RAND Labor and Population; RAND National Security Research Division; RAND Arroyo Center; RAND Project AIR FORCE

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Journal Article

Access to Leave Benefits for Primary Caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Double Bind — Jan 1, 2013

We examined whether access to benefits varies by level of childcare responsibilities among employed parents of children with special health care needs (CSHCN).

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Employment, Family Leave, and Parents of Newborns or Seriously Ill Children — May 1, 2012

Parents of newborns and seriously ill children often know about family leave options, but are too overwhelmed to apply for them. Most parents interviewed in this study wanted expert guidance and saw hospitals and clinics as promising information sources.

Report

Measuring Underemployment Among Military Spouses — Feb 16, 2010

Military wives have a much greater tendency than similar civilian wives to be underemployed, although there does not seem to be a strong link between wives' labor force position and satisfaction with their life situation.

News Release

Family Readiness and Coping During Deployments Key Issues for National Guard and Reserve — Feb 11, 2009

As the U.S. military continues to rely on the National Guard and Reserve for overseas deployments, making sure their families are adequately prepared for those missions is critical.

News Release

Military Child Care System Should Reassess Delivery of Services to Better Meet Goals — Sep 29, 2008

The U.S. military should reassess its child care system to look for ways to make it better fit the needs of military families and more effectively meet recruitment, readiness and retention goals.

News Release

Few Parents of Chronically Ill Children Use California Paid Family Leave Program — Sep 2, 2008

California's pioneering paid family leave program has largely failed to reach one of its major target groups. Few parents of children with serious chronic illnesses have used the program, despite having paid into the program through payroll withholdings, and the vast majority of these parents aren't even aware that the program exists.

News Release

Better Access to Federal and Employer-Provided Time Off Helps Working Parents of Chronically Ill Children — Jun 21, 2007

Working parents are more able to care for their chronically ill children when given greater access to federal and employer-provided time off from their jobs, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.

News Release

RAND Study Finds Divorce Among Soldiers Has Not Spiked Higher Despite Stress Created By Battlefield Deployments — Apr 12, 2007

April 12, 2007 news release:RAND Study Finds Divorce Among Soldiers Has Not Spiked Higher Despite Stress Created By Battlefield Deployments.

Journal Article

Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women — Jan 1, 2007

The authors use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage growth. Male wages are unaffected by childbearing. Findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in lifetime earnings.

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Chloe E. Bird

Senior Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B.A. in sociology, Oberlin College

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Chloe E. Bird is a senior sociologist at the RAND Corporation, where she studies gender differences in physical and mental health and social determinants of health, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She is principal investigator of a study of the impact of neighborhoods and…

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