David S. Pedulla

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    Men are more likely to take advantage of family friendly policies if they think that other men want to do that too.

Men are more likely to take advantage of family friendly policies if they think that other men want to do that too.

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With the advent of more family-friendly workplace policies, more men are taking a greater role in caregiving and child-rearing. But what influences whether or not such policies impact men? In new research which examines how young men’s cultural beliefs about gender are relevant for their responses to more family-friendly policies, Sarah Thébaud and David S. Pedulla find that such […]

October 11th, 2016|David S. Pedulla, Democracy and culture, Sarah Thébaud|0 Comments|
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    If you’re a man, working part-time can reduce your chances of getting a new job as much as unemployment does.

If you’re a man, working part-time can reduce your chances of getting a new job as much as unemployment does.

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Unemployment often has wide-ranging negative consequences for those who experience it, including making it harder to get a new job. But what effect does part-time work or work in a job below a person’s skill level have? In new research, David S. Pedulla investigates the effects of these ‘nonstandard’ and ‘mismatched’ jobs on people’s employment chances. By sending out […]

September 2nd, 2016|David S. Pedulla, Education|0 Comments|
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    African Americans respond to labor market discrimination by searching more widely for jobs, which in turn hurts their wages.

African Americans respond to labor market discrimination by searching more widely for jobs, which in turn hurts their wages.

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How do women and minorities respond to discrimination in hiring? In new research, Devah Pager & David S. Pedulla find that African Americas search more broadly for jobs because of their experience of racial discrimination, while women search more narrowly because of the often highly segregated nature of occupations by gender. They write that African Americans’ broader job search […]

June 24th, 2015|David S. Pedulla, Devah Pager, Economy|2 Comments|
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