Year: 2022
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The division of cognitive labor in the household and its implications for health and labor market outcomes
Cognitive labor is an underexplored yet potentially influential dimension of household labor. It refers to a host of mental household tasks, pertaining to the anticipation of needs, identification of options, decision-making, monitoring and management. These cognitive tasks are often invisible to people who perform them and to other family members, have less clear temporal and…
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The Bridging Power of Civic Organizations and Neighborhoods
Segregation is a pervasive phenomenon that limits intergroup contact and may undermine social cohesion, reinforce inequalities, and give rise to polarization. Our data collection aims to advance our understanding of (the drivers of) social segregation in two different settings – civic organisations and neighborhoods – to identify opportunities and obstacles for intergroup contact. Firstly, we…