Loss of paternal income keeps status conferring expenditures going, while maternal income loss translates more readily into reductions in discretionary expenses.
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Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “The Female Breadwinner Well-being ‘Penalty'”
An analysis of the association between life satisfaction and heterosexual couples’ employment patterns. Men’s employment status, independently of income, is an important correlate of their subjective wellbeing.
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “It Takes a Village: Childcare and Women’s Paid Employment in India”
Higher rural than urban maternal employment in India can be explained by the greater flexibility of rural employment in terms of both work time and work space, allowing for greater compatibility between women’s reproductive and productive lives.
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “The Firm Handshake: Training Begins Early in the Body Language of Privilege”
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief: The Firm Handshake: Training Begins Early in the Body language of Privilege
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: Progressive School Spending is Efficient
The latest Sociology of Development Policy Brief: Progressive School Spending is Efficient
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: Sex for Pregnancy as a Chore
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief: Sex for Pregnancy as a Chore: Policy Recommendations that Go Beyond a Diagnosis of Infertility
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: The President’s Party and Infant Health in the United States
The latest Sociology of Development Policy Brief: The President's Party and Infant Health in the United States
New Policy Briefs: Issues 4-6
Three new policy briefs are now available: Issue 4: "How States in the Global South Can Create Jobs – Even If They Are Clientelistic or Broke"by Samuel Cohn, Texas A&M University Issue 5: "Making Slums Liveable" by Patrick Heller, Brown University Issue 6: "Food Price Instability and Global Food Crises" by Bill Winders, Georgia Tech
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