“Parenthood & Couples�� Division of Paid Labor”: @FeiBian_n @drluanamarx & @Vandecasteele_L find that upon having a child, “dual-earner couples switched to a more gendered division of labor” & the response varied btw couple types & across country contexts. https://t.co/AKbklw1QnH
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This new @WorldBank report analyzes the evolution of maternity & paternity leave across in 190 countries over 52 years. The data show striking differences both within and between countries in how leave distribution for parents upon the birth of a child has evolved.
📢New paper by Alejandra Rodríguez Sánchez, Anette Fasang, and Susan Harkness on ‘Gender division of housework during the COVID-19 pandemic’! 👉https://t.co/hdaQmCLvji
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📰 Death rates at specific life stages mold the sex gap in life expectancy
📢 out in PNAS today
https://t.co/CUpZ833I6I
We explore the evolution of sex gap in life expectancy
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NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!"
I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high.
Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹
Predicted ICU bed occupancy. Non-COVID19 beds (dark grey), COVID19 patients (green). The red line shows the predicted ICU occupancy based on the current doubling time of 7 days. The blue and yellow lines for doubling times of 5 and 10 days.
Time to act.
The effective reproduction number Re is now above 1 in #Switzerland: 1.28 (95% 1.06-1.53).
We *urgently* need an in-depth understanding of transmission dynamics, the effectiveness of contact tracing etc. And #MaskUp
China's population is missing 60m women—partly as a result of the country's one-child policy. The gender imbalance is bending the country's society and economy out of shape https://t.co/WeQ1AmDA6c