Thursday, March 29 / 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM   •   Westside Salon 1

Session 49:
Women, Work and the Opt-Out Revolution

Chair: Michelle Budig, University of Massachusetts
Discussant: Philip N. Cohen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1. Revisiting the 'Opt-Out' Question • Heather Boushey, Center for Economic and Policy Research

  2. The End of the Gender Revolution? Trends in Employment, Occupations, Earnings and Attitudes, 1950-2004. • David A. Cotter, Union College ; Joan M. Hermsen, University of Missouri at Columbia ; Reeve Vanneman, University of Maryland

  3. The Impact of Changing Gender Role Attitudes on Fertility Decisions • Nicole Fortin, University of British Columbia

  4. Who's Opting into Housewivery? Gender Employment, and Household Labor • Liana C. Sayer, Ohio State University ; Sanjiv Gupta, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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