Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to work-life balance.
Looking at STEM workers in the oil and gas industry, this study finds significant differences in how men and women conceptualize work-life balance.
Sarah Kaplan spoke before the Standing Committee on Social Policy regarding Bill 3 on April 18, 2018, to discuss the sources of the gender wage gap, and the potential impact of the proposed legislation.
Sarah Kaplan and Rachael Goodman write for The Mark News about the double labor burden for women. (It was also picked up by Newsroom Panama, Peruvian Times, and Arab News.)
Sarah Kaplan speaks with the Ottawa Citizen about the benefits of investing in childcare.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Rachael Goodman & Sarah Kaplan discuss how extended families can actually enable women to take on paying jobs outside the home (Part 4 in a 5-part series with SSIR).
Sarah Kaplan speaks with TVO's Josh Dehaas about European use-it-or-lose-it paternity leave and if Canada should follow suit.
Sarah Kaplan is quoted in the Toronto Star on the unintended consequences of the new 18-month parental leave policy
Sarah Kaplan appears on TVO's The Agenda to talk about the challenges with Canada's new parental leave policy.
How work-family conflict can segregate women into lower-status ventures and reinforce gender gaps in entrepreneurship.
Sarah Kaplan comments on new family care policies in an op-ed in the Toronto Star -- pointing out that it might not help, and might even hurt, especially women's careers.
