School and day care closures due to the COVID‐19 pandemic have increased caregiving
responsibilities for working parents. As a result, many have changed their work hours to meet …

The mental load has received considerable public attention especially in the wake of the
COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we synthesize existing literature to argue that the mental …

Gender remains a key predictor of housework in modern society. However, previous studies
have been relatively limited in their ability to adjudicate between possible mechanisms …

Welfare states enact a range of policies aimed at reducing work-family conflict. While
welfare state policies have been assessed at the macro-level and work-family conflict at the …

… Leah Ruppanner is an associate professor of sociology and codirector of The Policy Lab at
the University of Melbourne. Her research investigates gender, work, family, and policy, with …

Objective: This study investigates the effects of first and second births on time pressure and
mental health and how these vary with time since birth and parental responsibilities. It also …

… Leah Ruppanner is an associate professor of sociology and codirector of The Policy Lab at
the University of Melbourne. Her research investigates gender, work, family, and policy, with …

In this article, I analyse housework conflict cross-nationally using a unique multi-level data
set that pairs the 2004 European Social Survey data for respondents in 25 nations with …

… Leah E. Ruppanner is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Melbourne.
Her research broadly examines the relationship between macrolevel environments and gender …

This study investigates the relationship between maternal employment and state-to-state
differences in childcare cost and mean school day length. Pairing state-level measures with an …