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Sloan Network Updates and Announcements

  The Elder Care topic page is now online.  

There are many new Bills and Statutes related to dependent care, paid leave, and sick leave on the site.

Issue 8 of the Effective Workplace Series, Employee-Sponsored Child Care, is available in PDF format.


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The Family Impact Seminars

Karen Bogenschneider

Heidi Normandin


An Interview with Karen Bogenschneider
and Heidi Normandin

by Sandee Shulkin and Karen Corday

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Shulkin: What are the Family Impact Seminars?

Bogenschneider: They are a series of seminars, discussion sessions, briefing reports, and newsletters for state policy makers on current family policy issues. They provide non-partisan, solution-oriented research...

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Cost-Saving Strategies Used by U.S. Workers in Response to High Health Care Costs

Source: Helman, R. & Fronstin, P. (2004, November). Public attitudes on the U.S. health care system: Findings from the Health Confidence Survey. (Issue Brief No. 275). Washington, SC: Employee Benefit Research Institute.

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Karen Corday, MSLIS

Karen Bogenschneider and Heidi Normandin discuss the Family Impact Seminars.

A graphic illustrates how U.S. workers respond to high health care costs.

Mary Ann Mason reports on her new book, Mothers on the Fast Track: How the New Generation Can Balance Career and Family.
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The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an online database which contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.

One year ago, there were 7,500 citations in the Literature Database. As of  June 2007, we now have over 8,650 citations.

Each month, we highlight up to ten publications that have recently been entered into this database.

This month's selections...

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Related to Families and Policy

Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University: “The mission of the Center for Child and Family Policy is to solve problems facing children in contemporary society..."

Family Policy Resources: "This page from the University of Maryland’s Family Impact Seminar includes links to several family policy publications, links to other state family impact seminars..."

Institute for Women's Policy Research: "The Institute...conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies."

  All additional resources...
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Work-Family Project

Mothers on the Fast Track: How the New Generation Can Balance Career and Family


By Mary Ann Mason

Dean of the Graduate Division, UC Berkeley


Mary Ann Mason’s new book expands on her ground-breaking Do Babies Matter? research, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Mothers on the Fast Track: How the New Generation Can Balance Career and Family addresses the fundamental question faced by high achieving women: "Can women have it all?"

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Mary Ann Mason

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Call for Papers and Awards

Special Issue: Human Relations

Theme: "Workers, Risk and the New Economy"
Deadline for Submission: July 13, 2007


Special Issue: DiversityBusiness.com Magazine

Theme: "Taking Diversity to New Heights"

Deadline for Submission: July 31, 2007

 
Click here for a complete list of papers
 
Conference Announcements

International Association for Feminist Economics 16th Annual Conference

Where: Bangkok, Thailand - When: June 29-July 1, 2007

7th Annual Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations
Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands - When: July 3-6, 2007

 
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Project Team: 
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Judi Casey, MSW, Director
Karen Corday, MSLIS, Research Associate
Christina Matz, MSW and Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Co-Project Managers
E-mail: wfnetwork@bc.edu
Phone: 617-552-1708
Fax: 617-552-9202
Mailing Address:
Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Boston College
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