Sentences with phrase «study on working families»

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Jon Levs, author of All in: How Our Work - First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together, studied the effect of paid leave in California and New Jersey, which have paid family leave programs, and found that the majority of businesses reported that their state's paid leave programs had either no effect or a positive effect on their business.

A recent study published in the American Sociological Review clearly showed that, in a white collar environment, allowing workers some control over their own schedules, including being able to work from home, had a positive effect on employees» work - family balance without sacrificing productivity.

A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays in the lesbian wage premium, and found that women who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more time investing in labour participation through on - the - job training and working longer hours than household skills.

I study family offices because my entire career and business revolves around the family office industry; it seems the more I share in the form of speaking, recording videos, publishing articles, and so on, the more I am rewarded in unexpected ways for this hard work.

A study by Dartmouth economist Bruce Sacerdote found that family income and neighborhood income have no effect on adoptee's success in school and work.

The document was the final report of a theological commission established in 1966 by the archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyla, to help him in his work on the Papal Commission for the Study of Problems of the Family, Population, and Birth Rate, inevitably dubbed the «Birth Control Commission» by the world media.

They agreed to do this and to increase their community in Wittenberg, eventually arranging that Father Staupitz, a member of a noble Saxon family and thus suited to working with the Elector, should be invited to come over from their Munich house and take on the chair of Bible Study.

As I've studied Nordic food and worked it into what I cook at home, I know that the culture that my family brought with them to America will continue to live on.

The study puts a lot of emphasis on the possibility that employed breastfeeding mothers may reduce their work hours, take longer maternity leaves, switch to more family - friendly work, or quit work altogether in order to breastfeed.

While most parents want the school year to start as late as possible so that they can vacation with family elsewhere, some kids have to use the break to study or work on projects due shortly after «break».

This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can focus more on their studies when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.

On the other hand, the study found that families that didn't need the mother's salary might benefit from the mom being at home for the first year — something the researchers said could ideally be addressed by a more flexible maternity leave policy for working moms.

Only a third of large companies provide a private, secure area where women can express breast milk during the workday and only 7 percent offer on - site or near - site child care, according to a 2005 national study of employers by the nonprofit Families and Work Institute.

This study provided comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation, exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings: (i) Health systems and services (ii) Home and family environment (iii) Community environment (iv) Work environment (v) Policy environment or a combination of any of above.

Foundation Studies Prelude Series - Spring 2018 - Five Wednesdays starting 3/28 Foundation Series — Starting Fall of 2018 The Foundation Studies and the Prelude series are open to any community member (parents, board members, teachers, alumni, alumni families) who feels a genuine longing to work on gaining a deeper acquaintance with Anthroposophy, the worldview that stands behind Waldorf education.

Courses are open to: Parents, board members, teachers, alumni, alumni families Both the Foundation Studies and the Prelude series are open to any community member who feels a genuine longing to work on gaining a deeper acquaintance with Anthroposophy, the worldview that stands behind the Waldorf school.

A study focusing on the complex and changing role of fathers in the modern American family was released by the Boston College Center for Work & Family on June 18,family was released by the Boston College Center for Work & Family on June 18,Family on June 18, 2010.

The year - long study, conducted by Boston College Center for Work & Family researchers, focuses on both the career and paternal identities of new fathers; how the two integrate, conflict, and enrich one another.

A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

CHESTNUT HILL, MA (June 9, 2014)-- Fathers want to be present and involved from the first days of their children's lives and increasingly expect their employers to support them through paid leave, flexibility, and ultimately a culture that respects their desire to be hands - on caregivers, according to a new study of 30 corporations and more than 1,000 fathers by the Boston College Center for Work & Family (BCCWF).

Extending their prior work on gender and family, Biblarz and Judith Stacey of NYU analyzed relevant studies about parenting, including available research on single - mother and single - father households, gay male parents and lesbian parents.

A 2015 Families and Work Institute study of same - sex and different - sex couples indicates that men in same - sex couples have significantly higher satisfaction with the division of household and childcare responsibilities.As these tasks are not able to be divided solely on the basis of traditional gender roles, more conversations occur about how the responsibilities are fulfilled.

Biblarz worked in tandem with Judith Stacey of NYU to extend their body of work on gender and family with this newest study which looks at studies on parenting, including single parent households, and same - sexed gay parenting.

More than a billion passenger journeys are made each year on Go - Ahead services, by people going to work, study, or visit friends and family.

The study is titled ALICE for «Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed,» a designation that describes working families struggling to get by on low - wage jobs, but who have household incomes too high to qualify for many government assistance programs.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Thirteen million families will on average lose # 260 each year because of the freeze on working - age benefits, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Warren plans to share some of the things that work in Rochester with other cities, and study other cities best practices in her new role as co-chair of the National League of Cities» Council on Youth, Education and Families.

Last June, at a Summit on Working Families in Washington, D.C., Perez, the labor secretary, said states could apply for grants from a $ 500,000 fund, to help government officials study the costs associated with paid family leave.

Drawing on the services of a professional society and identifying pertinent resources from other disciplines including work / family centers and think tanks (see sidebar), literature, and benchmark studies, may well serve to expand the knowledge base and enhance the leadership around work / family issues for postdoctoral associates in the workforce.

In 1989, University of Wisconsin researchers launched a longitudinal study, called the Wisconsin Study of Families and Work, which collected medical and demographic data on several hundred children from birth to early adultstudy, called the Wisconsin Study of Families and Work, which collected medical and demographic data on several hundred children from birth to early adultStudy of Families and Work, which collected medical and demographic data on several hundred children from birth to early adulthood.

Pape was inspired to launch the study based on families» feedback while she worked as a speech therapist for coma patients with traumatic brain injuries.

The idea for the study originated because of questions Schoffman heard as she worked on her dissertation research study where she encouraged families to reduce their fast food consumption.

Other determinants, including local labor market conditions, parental education and family structure appear to have a greater impact on child poverty levels, according to Myungkook Joo, assistant professor in Rutgers School of Social Work, who authored the study.

Whether this is from reduced mobility due to the assistance of their families and caregivers, or due to some other reason is yet to be determined, and something we are currently working on,» added Professor Matchar, who is also first author of the SAFE study.

Family studies researchers at the University of Illinois who study the science behind maintaining romantic relationships focus their work on the central organizing unit — the relationship — rather than on the individual.

Most scientists who study the transport of materials within a cell have focused on the drivers of that transport — namely, molecular motors, a family of biological agents that actively convert a cell's energy into mechanical work to move cargo across a cell.

«Our research is one of the few studies looking at this relationship and while further analysis in a larger study is needed, it could provide valuable information for those with family history of colorectal cancer and those working on prevention.»

«Studies on RPM - 1 have been critical to understanding how this conserved family of proteins works,» said Scott T. Baker, the first author of the study and a member of Grill's research team.

«A big part of this approach is instilling hope,» says Robin Sturm, a co-author and one of the family therapists who worked on the study.

For example, there have been numerous studies and efforts focused on work - family conflict and organizational structures.

Most parents in the 500 Family Study are highly educated, employed in professional occupations, and work, on average, longer hours and report higher earnings than do middle - class families in other, nationally representative samples.

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«The Family Planning research team at University of Utah has worked for a decade [to] overcome a number of different barriers to help women access different methods of contraception,» said Turok, senior author on the study.

Taking care of children or other family members: Staff at the Dual Career & Family Service advise members of Freie Universität on issues of combining work or study with famfamily members: Staff at the Dual Career & Family Service advise members of Freie Universität on issues of combining work or study with famFamily Service advise members of Freie Universität on issues of combining work or study with families.

I wore this dress from church, to brunch with my sister, to studying & working on the blog, to dinner with my family - and it was so comforting to know that my skin was safe and protected from the intense Florida heat!

Born in Urbana, Illinois, and raised on a farm until her family relocated to Arizona, Born April 3rd, 1972, Garth studied dance and worked as a model before moving to L.A. at age 16 to pursue acting.

SARAH SILVERMAN, «I SMILE BACK» Silverman may not get enough credit for her work in this bleak family drama; it's an impressive departure from the outrageous comedy that has defined her career, but stands on its own as a study of subtlety and vulnerability.

A series of pans and lateral tracks explores the Bishop household in studied tableaux, each isolated member of the family captured in their native habitat, while on a 45rpm record a disembodied voice guides listeners through the works of Benjamin Britten.

The National Study of the Changing Workforce, conducted by the Families and Work Institute with financing by 15 corporations and foundations, queried nearly 3,400 workers on issues related to employment, family, and job satisfaction.