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Kathleen Gerson

New York
As seen in: CNN, Wiley Online Library, OUPblog, Psychology Today, MDPI, The American Prospect
Collegiate Professor @NYUsociology. Focus on gender, work, family, & inequality. Books: The Unfinished Revolution, The Science & Art of Interviewing, & more.
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Contrasting Conceptions of Work-Family Balance and the Implications for Satisfaction with Balance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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By Kathleen Gerson, Sejin Um, Anne Kou, Carolyn E. Waldrep
| MDPI
1. Introduction Parents’ work and caregiving routines were among the most significant disruptions that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over a third of the U.S. labor force shifted to remote work (Dey et al. 2021) just as school and childcare facilities closed, creating a new work–family reality for many parents (Dunatchik et al. 2021; Yavorsky et al. 2021).
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A Case of Sticky Gender? Persistence and Change in the Division of Household Labor during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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By Michelle Cera, Golda Kaplan, Kathleen Gerson, Barbara J. Risman
| MDPI
1. Introduction The pandemic upended the lives of Americans in many ways. Schools and offices closed; childcare centers shut down; many workers suddenly found themselves working at home while others had to decrease their hours or lost their jobs entirely; and many families were unable to leave their homes for months, producing isolation from friends and other relatives.
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Why No One Can “Have It All” and Why That Matters for Everyone1

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By Kathleen Gerson
| Wiley Online Library Verified
REFERENCES . 2003. “‘The Opt-out’ Revolution.” New York Times Magazine. October 26. , , and . 2020. “Progress Toward Gender Equality in the United States has Slowed or Stalled.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117: 13: 6990–6997. , , , and . 2023. “In a Growing Share of U.S. Marriages, Husbands and Wives Earn About the Same.” Pew Research Center. April 13. , , and . 2021.
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