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More couples are choosing a ‘dual income, no kids’ lifestyle. Here’s how that changes their finances | CNBC
Misty Heggeness, co-Director of the KPC, is interviewed about the rise of dual income, no kid households. There has been a 7% rise in this household configuration compare to the previous decade. For the full article, visit the CNBC website. To watch the interview, visit the CNBC Youtube page. ...
The Taylor Swift and Beyonce economy | WBUR On Point
Misty Heggeness is a guest on WBUR's On Point podcast to discuss Beyoncé and Taylor Swift's impact on the U.S. economy. Listen to the podcast on WBUR's website. ...
How unpaid labor contributes to the gender wage gap | Fortune
Many women find themselves in Newbaker’s position: doing more unpaid labor means taking a cut in their paid work. It’s the laws of physics, explains Misty Heggeness, an associate professor of public affairs at the University of Kansas and former principal economist and senior advisor at the U.S. Census. “No...
The Parents Are Not All Right. And That's a Problem for Your Talent Pipeline | Inc.com
Misty Heggeness is quoted for her research on the economic impact of childcare. The surge in childcare costs and the increased difficulty faced to obtain it has put a strain on working parents. For the full story, visit Inc. ...
BLS to replace COVID survey questions with queries about telework | Marketplace
Misty Heggeness, a professor at the University of Kansas, has been researching the pressures mothers face while working from home. ...
Remote Jobs and Women: How Working From Home Has Altered the Family Dynamic, Mental Health and More | GOBankingRates
Yet, working from home and caring for the household and children has caused record burnout “because the multitasking is way too intense,” Misty Heggeness told Forbes after leading a study for the U.S. Census Bureau about women leaving their jobs. So many women left work behind at the start of...
The snow globe economy | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Unfortunately, child care frictions stoked by the pandemic remain elevated. The child care sector is roughly 10 percent smaller than it was before, Cascio reports—and as many parents can attest, availability was a challenge even in 2019. Lower supply, compounded with post COVID approaches to cleaning and crowding, will tend...
EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows warns about caregiver discrimination
This January there were 3.2% fewer mothers of kids under age 18 actively working — that's about 1 million — compared to January 2020, according to data compiled by Misty Heggeness, an economist at the Census Bureau, for Axios. ...
How COVID pressure led single moms to turn to coliving with other adults
Between March and April 2020, more than 280,000 moms went from living alone to cohabiting with another adult, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data performed by The 19th in collaboration with Misty Heggeness, principal economist and senior adviser at the bureau. The overarching trend in cohabitation is...
Could The New Hybrid Workplace Turn Some Women Into Second-Class Employees?
Counterintuitively, the freedom to work remotely does not keep women in the workforce as much as one might think. According to research by the U.S. Census Bureau, women with access to remote work are leaving their jobs in the greatest numbers. ...
Reopening schools helped mothers with school-age children get back to work. So what happened to their male partners? - MarketWatch
Misty Heggeness is quoted in the article for her research on public affairs, policy and economics. For the full article, visit the MarketWatch website...
Quitting is just half the story: the truth behind the ‘Great Resignation’ | US unemployment and employment data | The Guardian
“We know there are millions of people who are still out of the labor force because of health and safety concerns. We know that parents are out of the labor force because of ongoing COVID-related care responsibilities.”...
Dads are doing less at home again, fearing a career hit - Los Angeles Times
The pandemic, over time, has worsened some gender inequalities in American homes. Both moms and dads spent more time looking after their kids as schools went virtual and day-care centers shut down. But mothers bore the brunt of that. In 2020, women devoted 2.9 hours more per day than men...
More Americans are single and faring worse financially than those with partners
Not only has the number of single adults in the U.S. ballooned since 1990, so has the gulf in economic fortunes between individuals who live with a spouse or partner and those living alone. ...