![]() ![]() The lack of access means that the effect of child care for women with lower socioeconomic status isn’t well known. and other countries, especially for lower-income women. The lack of adequate and affordable child care remains an impediment to women’s labor force participation in the U.S. Helping mothers access child care increased their labor force participation Female speakers increased the likelihood of female students taking intermediate coursework by 5.0 percentage points, with little effect on male students. Male speakers increased the likelihood of male students taking intermediate classes by 8.1 percentage points with little effect on female students. But there were strongly gendered effects. They find that overall, alumni speakers increase the likelihood that students remain in economics and take intermediate level classes by 2.1 percentage points. A new paper from Arpita Patnaik and co-authors assesses whether alumni speakers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison affect the decision of students to remain within the economics program. How can colleges boost the representation of women and other underrepresented groups in the field? Previous research has shown that same-gender and same-race instructors, role models, and mentors have a positive effect on student performance. Please help us to spread the word! Alumni speakers encourage students to stay in economicsĭespite real progress in the last few decades, economics still skews male. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2023. Come work with me on the Boys and Men Project which will focus on the challenges facing boys and men today, particularly Black boys and men and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Center on Children and Families is hiring a Senior Research Assistant & Project Coordinator. For your calendar: a discussion on the social cost of carbon, progress on economic security for people with disabilities and the UC demography conference.Bring more Head Start facilities to community colleges for on-campus child care, says the Washington Post Editorial Board.Abortion access could face severe limitations with a new court ruling, as this week’s top chart shows.Analyzing policy research from the past decade of marijuana legalization.Research Assistant - Center on Children and Families ![]()
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