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Motherhood in academia: A novel dataset of UK academic women with an application to maternity leave uptake
1 INTRODUCTION Mothers often face disadvantages in the workplace. Women tend to select into lesser-paid career paths in expectation of becoming mothers (Kleven et al., 2019), mothers frequently interrupt their careers due to childbearing responsibilities (Adda et al., 2017) and, even when successfully returning to their place of employment, often end up working shorter hours, due to the lack of family-friendly policies (Williams & Cooper, 2004).
Case selection and causal inferences in qualitative comparative research
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Thomas Plümper , Vera E. Troeger, Eric Neumayer Thomas Plümper, Vera E. Troeger, Eric Neumayer Published: July 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219727 Figures Abstract Traditionally, social scientists perceived causality as regularity. As a consequence, qualitative comparative case study research was regarded as unsuitable for drawing causal inferences since a few cases cannot establish regularity.
Which way now? Economic policy after a decade of upheaval
Which way now? Economic policy after a decade of upheaval Thursday 17 Jan 2019 Policy Report Launch, The University of Warwick, 12th February 2019 at 6:00pm Register for event The Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) and Social Market Foundation (SMF) will launch ‘Which way now? Economic policy after a decade of upheaval’, a new report to help policymakers respond to those challenges, offering evidence-based analysis and expertise on public policy.
How better maternity pay can fix the gender pay gap and boost productivity
Holiday babies, post-tenure pregnancies and “May” children. These are some of the labels that get attached to in academia who plan on having children. Many in academia share a common burden of scheduling their plans: to survive and advance through the faculty ranks, they tend either to give birth during vacation time (which starts in the month of May for a lot of universities). Or they postpone their motherhood status to the end of their probation period, once they have achieved tenure.
How better maternity pay can fix the gender pay gap and boost productivity
Holiday babies, post-tenure pregnancies and “May” children. These are some of the labels that get attached to women in academia who plan on having children. Many women in academia share a common burden of scheduling their maternity plans: to survive and advance through the faculty ranks, they tend either to give birth during vacation time (which starts in the month of May for a lot of universities).
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