Gender Equality: It's About Time

Thursday, April 19

1:00pm Welcome by Mary Brinton (WIGi Faculty, Harvard University).

Setting the Stage: How Time Is Used 

1:15 – 1:45pm "It’s About Time: Gender, Parenthood and Time Allocation"
Maria Stanfors, Professor, Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden.

1:45 – 2:15pm "Out of Time: Resilience in Nonstandard Schedules"
Melinda Mills, Nuffield Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

2:15 – 2:45pm Q&A and Discussion led by Jason Beckfield (WIGi Faculty, Harvard University).

2:45 – 3:15pm Break

Identifying Impacts: Family and Work

3:15 – 3:45pm "Children’s and Adolescents’ Time Use in Spain: Do Mothers’ and Fathers’ Work Schedules Matter?"
Pablo Gracia, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

​3:45 – 4:15pm "A Stalled Revolution for Whom? Change in Women’s Labor Force Participation, 1988–2015"
Jennifer Hook, Associate Professor of Sociology, Spatial Sciences and Gender Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California.

4:15 – 5:00pm Q&A and Discussion led by Sasha Killewald (WIGi Faculty, Harvard University).

5:00 – 6:15pm Reception

Friday, April 20

8:30am Continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:15am Introduction by Kathleen McGinn (WIGi Faculty, Harvard University).

Addressing the Problem: Public Policy

9:15 – 9:50am "Parental Leave Policies in OECD Countries: An Overview"
Monika Queisser, Head, Division of Social Policy, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, France.

9:50 – 10:00am Q&A led by Claudia Olivetti, Professor, Department of Economics, Boston College.

10:00 – 10:15am Break

10:15 – 10:50am "Emerging Evidence on the Impacts of Paid Family Leave on Workers, Families, and Employers"
Maya Rossin-Slater, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine.

10:50 – 11:25am "A Parental Leave Policy for the United States"
Christopher Ruhm, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Department of Economics, University of Virginia.

11:25 – 11:45am Q&A led by Claudia Olivetti, Professor, Department of Economics, Boston College.

11:45 – 12:00pm Wrap-up remarks by Claudia Olivetti

12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch break

Addressing the Problem: Organizations

1:00 – 1:35pm "Flexible Working Arrangements in Europe"
Olivier Thevenon, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, France.

1:35 – 1:45pm Q&A led by Claudia Goldin (WIGi Faculty, Harvard University).

1:45 – 2:00pm Break

2:00 – 2:35pm “Valuing Alternative Work Arrangements”
Amanda Pallais, Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy and Social Studies, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

2:35 – 3:10pm "Redesigning Professional Work: Highlights from the Work, Family & Health Network"
Erin Kelly, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

3:10 – 3:40pm Q&A led by Claudia Goldin (WIGi Faculty, Harvard University).

3:40 – 4:00pm Wrap-up remarks by Claudia Goldin and the WIGi faculty.

Event Contact
Amy Stockton
astockton@wcfia.harvard.edu