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EILEEN TRZCINSKI
School of Social Work
Wayne State University
e.trzcinski@wayne.edu
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1985 Ph.D. in Economics and Social Work, University of Michigan
(Areas of Specialization: Labor Economics & Econometrics)
1982 M.A. in Economics, University of Michigan
1979 Masters in Social Work, University of Michigan
Area of Concentration: Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis
1973 B.A. in Economics (High Honors) the University of Maryland, College Park,
Maryland
CURRENT POSITION
August 2005- present
Professor and School of Social Work Statistician, Wayne State University, School of
Social Work
October 2011-present
Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research
RESEARCH/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008 -2009 Academic Year
Director and Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson
University, Toronto, ON.
With over 800 students and a budget of $3,102,235, the School of Social Work in the
Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University is the largest school of social work
in Canada. Among its programs are a 2 and a 4 year undergraduate program, an
international bridging program for internationally-educated social workers, a M.S.W.
program and a collaborative B.S.W. program for aboriginal students that is offered in
partnership with the First Nations Technical Institute.
August 2005- August 2007
Interim Director of Research, School of Social Work, Wayne State University
August 1994-August 2005
Associate Professor, Wayne State University, School of Social Work and Co-ordinate
Faculty, College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs
Summer 2011, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
Visiting Research Scholar, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany
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July 2003 - August 2003
Visiting Research Scholar, Institute for Demographics and Statistics, Warsaw School of
Economics, Warsaw, Poland
August 2002
Visiting Research Scholar, Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany
November 2001 - July 2002
Visiting Research Scholar, Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Jagiellonian
University, Krakow, Poland
July 2001 & September 2001
Visiting Research Scholar, U.S. Bureau of the Census
July 1996- August 1996
Visiting Research Scholar, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany.
May 1989-August 1994
Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Consumer Economics and Housing
September 1993 - April 1994
Fulbright Research Scholar, Fachhochschule fuer Wirtschaft, Berlin
Sept. 1985 - Dec. 1988
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut.
June - Dec. 1989
Adjunct Faculty, Yale University, Bush Center on Child Development and Social Policy,
Responsibilities included designing a mail and telephone survey to evaluate potential
costs and benefits of mandated leave legislation on the Connecticut economy.
June - Dec. 1987
Consultant, State of Connecticut Task Force to Study the Management of Work and
Family Roles.
Sept. 1980 - May 1985
Research Associate II, Survey Research Center and Center for Research on the Utilization
of Scientific Knowledge, The Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan.
Sept. 1978 - Sept. 1979
Program Evaluator/Statistician, Community Systems Foundation, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Nov. 1976 - Sept. 1977
Consultant, Arthur Young and Company, Washington, D.C. Conducted program
evaluations, policy analyses, and economic impact analyses for OSHA and EPA.
October 1974 – October 1976
Counselor, Richmond Foundation, Washington, D.C.; London and Oxford, England
FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLASTIC HONORS
Fulbright Special German Studies Seminar, Muslim Minorities: Opportunities and
Challenges in West European Societies. German and French Experiences, May 2006
Fulbright Special German Studies Seminar, Challenges of Demography in Germany, June
2003
Daimler-Chrysler Grant for International Research, Summer 2003
Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany, Visiting Research Scholar Grant, August
2002
Kosciuszko Foundation and Polish Ministry of National Education, Faculty and
Postgraduate Research Fellowship in Poland, 2001-2002
German Academic Exchange Grant, 1996.
Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award, Germany, 1993-1994.
German Academic Exchange Grant: Summer Seminar at Phillips University, Marburg,
1985
Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellowship in Employment and Training,
1983-1984
University of Michigan Fellowship, 1978-1979
National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship, 1977-1978
University of Oslo International Summer School Scholarship, 1973
University of Maryland and State of Maryland Senatorial Scholarships, 1969-1973
PHI BETA KAPPA (Junior Year)
PUBLICATIONS
Trzcinski, E. & Sobeck, J. (forthcoming). Predictors of Growth in Small and Mid-Sized
Nonprofit Organizations in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Administration in Social Work.
Allen, T., Trzcinski, E. & Kubiak, S.P. (2012). Public attitudes towards juveniles who commit
crimes: The relationship between assessments of adolescent development and attitudes
towards severity of punishment. Crime and Delinquency, 58(1) 78–102.
Trzcinski, E. and Allen T. (2012) Justice towards Youth: Investigating the Mismatch between
Current Policy and Public Opinion. Children and Youth Services Review, 34: 27-34,
published on line July 2011.
Trzcinski, E., & Holst, E. (2011). Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being In and Out of
Management Positions. Social Indicators Research, 1-15, Published online May 30, 2011.
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Kolbe, A.R., Hutson, R.A., Shannon, H., Trzcinski, E., Miles, B., Levitz, N., Puccio, M.,
James, L., Noel, J.R., Muggah, R. (2010). Mortality, crime and access to basic needs before
and after the Haiti earthquake: A random survey of Port-au-Prince households. Medicine,
Conflict and Survival, 26(4): 281–297 Published online: December, 2010.
Kolbe, A.R., Shannon H, Levitz N, Muggah R, Hutson RA, James L, Puccio M, Trzcinski E,
Noel JR, Miles B (2010). Assessing Needs After the Quake: Sexual Violence, Property Crime
and Property Damage. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.
Kolbe, A.R., James L, Puccio M, Trzcinski E, Shannon H, Levitz N, Noel JR, Miles B,
Muggah R, Hutson RA (2010) Assessing Needs After the Quake: Security and Basic Needs.
Geneva: Small Arms Survey.
Kolbe, A.R., Muggah R, Hutson RA, Puccio M, Trzcinski E, Shannon H, Levitz N, Noel JR,
Miles B, James L (2010) Assessing Needs After the Quake: Access to Food, Water, Fuel and
Property. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.
Kolbe, A.R., James L, Puccio M, Trzcinski E, Shannon H, Levitz N, Noel JR, Miles B,
Muggah R, Hutson RA (2010). Surveying Needs After the Quake: Results of a Random
Survey of Haitian Households. Geneva: United Nations Development Program.
Hanratty, M. & Trzcinski, E. (2009). Who benefits from expanded paid parental leave?
Impact of parental benefit expansions in Canada on mothers’ employment after birth. Journal
of Population Economic 22(3) 693-711.
Trzcinski, E. & Holst. E. (2008). Subjective Well-being among Young People in Transition to
Adulthood. Social Indicators Research, 87: 83-109.
Trzcinski, E. & Sobeck, J. (2008). The interrelationship between program development
capacity and readiness for change among small to mid-sized nonprofits. Journal of
Community Practice, 16 (1): 11-38.
Trzcinski, E. & Holst, E. (2007). Initial Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Early Adulthood.
Schmollers Jahrbuch 1/07, 95-104.
Trzcinski, E. (2007). Integration of Immigrant Mothers in Germany: Policy Issues and
Empirical Outcomes, Population Research and Policy Review 25(5-6) 489-512.
Trzcinski, E. Brandell, J., Smith, D, & Ferro, L. (2006). Adolescent outcomes and welfare
reform: An analysis based on the survey of program dynamics, in C. R. Larrison, (Ed.), The
Impact of Welfare Reform: Balancing Safety Nets and Behavior Modification, Binghamton,
NY: Haworth Press.
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Trzcinski, E. (2005). Behaviour surrounding childbirth: An examination of labor force
behaviour among immigrant and German women, in Krystyna Slany (Ed.), International
migration: The multidimensional analyses, Krakow, Poland: Jagiellonian Press.
Trzcinski, E. Brandell, J., Smith, D, & Ferro, L. (2005). Adolescent outcomes and welfare
reform: An analysis based on the survey of program dynamics, Journal of Human Behavior in
the Environment. 12(2/3): 63-87
Trzcinski, E. (2005). No infant left behind: Public finance arguments for mandated leave and
income supports for parents, Public Finance and Management, 5(1):1-60 .
Trzcinski, E. (2005). Changing fortunes: Economic transitions, the European Union and
families in Poland, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 26(2): 185-196.
Trzcinski, E., Guest Editor. (Summer 2005). Family Policy in Poland. Special Symposium in
the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
Trzcinski, E. & Holst, E. (2005). Geringe Erwerbsbeteiligung ausländischer Mütter vor und
nach der Geburt eines Kindes (Low employment levels among immigrant mothers before and
after the birth of a child), Wochenbericht, DIW 8/2005.
Trzcinski, E. (2003). The employment insurance model: Maternity, parental, and sickness
benefits in Canada, pp. 245-282 in Gender and Work in Comparative Perspective, H.
Gottfried & L. Reese (Eds.). New York: Lexington Books
Trzcinski, E. & Holst, E. (2003). High satisfaction among mothers who work part-time.
Economic Bulletin, 40(10): 327-332.
Trzcinski, E. (2003). Women in Germany, pp. 233-262, in Lynn Walter, Editor, The
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: Europe. London: Greenwood
Publishing Group.
Trzcinski, E.& D. Satyanathan. (2003). Can welfare to work programs significantly reduce
poverty levels?” Debate 6, pp. 72-82, in H. J. Karger, J. Midgley, & C. B. Brown (Eds.),
Controversial Issues in Social Policy, Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Trzcinski, E. & Holst, E. (2003). Hohe Lenenszufriedenheit teilzeitbeschaeftigerter Muetter
(High satisfaction among mothers who work part-time). Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin,
35/2003: 540-546.
Trzcinski, E. (2002). Work and family policies: Economic burden or long-term economic
stimulus? pp. 185-202, in E. Jurczynskiej-McCluskey (Ed.) Spolecznosci Lokalne i
Regionalne: Miedzy Teoria Socjologiczna a Praktyka (Local and Regional Societies: Between
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Sociological Theory and Practice). Bielsko-Biala: Wydawnictwo Akademii Techniczno-
Humanistyczney w Bielsku-Bialej.
Trzcinski, E. (2002). Middle school children’s perceptions on welfare and poverty: An
exploratory, qualitative study, Journal of Family and Economic Issues (23):4: 339-360.
Trzcinski, E. (2000). Family policy in Germany: Feminist dilemma? Feminist Economics
6(1): 21-44.
Trzcinski, E. & W. T. Alpert (2000). The economics of family and medical leave in Canada
and the United States, pp. 129-180, in W.T. Alpert and S. Woodbury (Eds.) Employee
Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States, Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn
Institute.
Trzcinski, E. (1999). Returns to self-employment experience in the wage and salary sector: A
comparative analysis of Germany and the United States, Quarterly Journal of Economic
Research (Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung), 68(2): 177-183.
Trzcinski, E. (1998). Gender and German unification: The effect of past and present labor
market and family policies on the economic well-being of East German families, AFFILIA:
The Journal of Women and Social Work 13(1): 69-101.
Trzcinski, E. (1997). The choice of self-employment, wage and salary employment, versus
non-employment: A comparison of Germany and the United States, Quarterly Journal of
Economic Research (Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung), 66(1): 62-70.
Trzcinski, E., Guest Editor (1996). International Family Policy: A Focus on Africa, Guest
Editor, Journal of Family and Economic Issues 17(2).
Trzcinski, E. (1996). Uncertainty, divorce risk, and the allocation of time of married Women,
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 17(3/4): 327-350.
Trzcinski, E. (1996). International family policy: A focus on Africa, Journal of Family and
Economic Issues, 17(2): 143-146.
Trzcinski, E. (1996). International family policy, Journal of Family and Economic Issues,
17(1): 3-8.
Trzcinski, E., Guest Editor (1996). International Family Policy, Journal of Family and
Economic Issues, 17(1).
Trzcinski, E. (1995). The use and abuse of neoclassical theory in the political arena, Chapter
15, pp. 231-247, in E. Kuiper and J. Sap (Eds.), Out of the Margin: Feminist Perspectives on
Economic Theory, London: Routledge.
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Trzcinski, E. (1995). Towards an ecological perspective on family policy: A conceptual and
philosophical framework, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 16(1), 7-33.
Trzcinski, E. (1994). Family and medical leave, contingent employment, and flexibility: A
feminist critique of the U.S. approach to work and family policy, Journal of Applied Social
Sciences, Fall/Winter 18(1), 71-88.
Trzcinski, E. and W. T. Alpert. (1994). Changes in pregnancy and parental leave benefit in
the U.S. and Canada: Judicial decisions and legislation, Journal of Human Resources, 30(2),
534-554.
Trzcinski, E. (1993). Designing a Family Leave Policy. The New York State Work and
Family Resource Center Technical Assistance Series, New York State Department of
Economic Development. Albany, New York: Work and Family Resource Center.
Trzcinski, E. and W. T. Alpert. (1991). Small Business Leave Policies: Excerpts from a Small
Business Administration Report. The BNA Special Report Series on Work & Family, Special
Report #40, April 1991. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Trzcinski, E. and W. T. Alpert. (1991). Handling work during leaves: Strategies and costs,
Journal of Managerial Issues, 3(4), 403-426.
Finn-Stevenson, M. and E. Trzcinski. (1991). Mandated leave: An analysis of Federal and
State legislation, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61(4), 567-575.
Trzcinski, E. and S. Randolph. (1991). Human capital investments and relative earnings
mobility: The role of education, training, migration, and job search," Economic Development
and Cultural Change, 40(1), 153-168.
Trzcinski, E. and M. Finn-Stevenson. (1991). A response to arguments against parental leave:
Findings from the Connecticut survey of parental leave policies,” Journal of Marriage and
the Family, 52(3), 445-460.
Trzcinski, E. (1991). Separate versus equal treatment approaches to parental leave:
Theoretical issues and empirical evidence, Law and Policy, 13(1), 1-33.
Trzcinski, E. (1991). Employers' parental leave Policies: Does the labor market provide
parental leave? pp. 209-228, in Hyde, J. S. and M. J. Essex (Eds.), Parental Leave and Child
Care: Setting a Research and Policy Agenda. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Trzcinski, E. (1991). National consumption patterns and the prevalence of leave policies: The
role of market failure, government intervention, and equity, pp. 383-395, in R. Mayer (Ed.),
Enhancing Consumer Choice, ACCI, 1991.
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Trzcinski, E. (1991). Maternity and parental leave: Findings from a new national survey,”
Human Ecology Forum, 18(3), 9-12.
Trzcinski, E. (1991). Separate versus equal treatment approaches to parental leave:
Theoretical issues and empirical evidence, pp. 221-228, in Proceedings of Second Annual
Conference of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C.: Institute for
Women's Policy Research. (Abridged version.)
Trzcinski, E. (1989). Parental Leave: Issues and Findings from a Connecticut Survey of
Employers. Commissioned Monograph for the National Research Council, Panel on
Employer Policies and Working Families, Washington, D.C.: Women's Bureau, U.S.
Department of Labor.
Randolph, S. and E. Trzcinski. (1989). Relative earnings mobility in a third world country,
World Development, 17(4), 513-524.
Finn-Stevenson, M., B. Emmel, and E. Trzcinski. Issues of Parental Leave: Its Practice,
Availability, and Future Feasibility in the State of Connecticut, New Haven: The Bush Center
in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University, 1989.
Bronson, D. E., D. C. Pelz and E. Trzcinski. (1988). Computerizing Your Agency's
Information System. Sage Human Services Guides, Volume 54. Beverly Hills: Sage
Publications.
Trzcinski, E. and D. Pelz. A Guidebook for the Computerization Process. Ann Arbor:
Institute for Social Research, 1984.
Smith, J., E. Trzcinski, and T. Moyer. The Measurement of Selected Income Flows in
Informal Markets. Ann Arbor: Institute for Survey Research, 1982.
Trzcinski, E. A Review of the Problem of Limited English Competence of Survey
Respondents. Ann Arbor: Institute for Survey Research, 1981.
BOOK REVIEWS
Trzcinski, E. (2011). Review of Institutions for Social Well Being: Alternatives for Europe.
Feminist Economics, 17(1): 177-180.
Trzcinski, E. (2005). Review of Families That Work: Policies for Reconciling Parenthood
and Employment, by Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation, Contemporary Sociology.
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Trzcinski, E. (2004). Review of Stages and Pathways of Drug Involvement: Examining the
Gateway Hypothesis, edited by Denise B. Kandel, Cambridge University Press (2002),
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 25(2): 273-276.
Trzcinski, E. (2003). Review of Child Care and Inequality: Rethinking Carework for
Children and Youth. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 32(5): 566-567.
Trzcinski, E. (2003) Review of Wisensale, S. K. (2001). Family Leave Policy: The Political
Economy of Work and Family in America, Family Relations, 52(3): 305.
Trzcinski, E. (2000). Review of Mindy Fried (1998). Taking time: Parental leave policy and
corporate culture,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62(2) 582-582.
Trzcinski, E. (1994). Work/Family Conflicts: Private Lives–Public Responses by Bradley K.
Googins. Westport, Conn.: Auburn House.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 47(3),
522-522.
PUBLIC POLICY REPORTS
Trzcinski, E., Smith, D. & Ferro, L (2003) Michigan Family Impact Seminar: Across
Challenging Terrain: Adolescents and Welfare Reform, Detroit, MI: School of Social
Work, Wayne State University.
Trzcinski, E., Satyanathan, & Ferro, L. (2002). Michigan Family Impact Seminar: What
about Me? Children of Incarcerated Parents. Detroit, MI: School of Social Work, Wayne
State University.
Trzcinski, E. and D. Satyanathan. (2001). Michigan Family Impact Seminar: Moving
Families Out of Poverty. Detroit, MI: School of Social Work, Wayne State University.
Trzcinski, E. and E. Genheimer. (2000) Michigan Family Impact Seminar: Children and
Divorce. Detroit, MI: School of Social Work, Wayne State University.
Trzcinski, E. and W. T. Alpert. Leave Policies in Small Business: Findings from the U.S.
Small Business Administration Employee Leave Survey, Final Report submitted to the
U.S. Small Business Administration, Oct. 1990.
BULLETINS AND FACT SHEETS
Trzcinski, E. Family Policy at Work, Series of Fact Sheets, Consumer Economics and
Housing TOPICS, Titles Include:
"Selecting Alternatives for Dealing with Leave" 322TOP68
"Designing a Parental Leave Policy" 322TOP69
"Handling Work During Leave: Strategies and Costs" 322TOP70
"Parental Leave: The Public Policy Debate" 322TOP71
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Trzcinski, E. and William T. Alpert. Leave Policies in Small Business: Major Findings
from the U.S. Small Business Administration Leave Survey, Department of Consumer
Economics and Housing, Cornell University, 1991.
PRESENTATIONS
Professional Presentations: International
A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory, Paper presented at
efas (economics, feminism and science), Berlin, Germany, 24-25 November 2011
Relations between Generations and Challenges of an Intergenerational Equity in the
United States and Germany” Paper presented at the Annual Scorus Conference, Statistics
and Help for Young People in Big Cities Berlin, Germany, 29-31 March 2010.
Personality and Values and Attitudes, Poster presented at the 9th
International German
Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP2010), Berlin, Germany, June 30 to July
2, 2010.
Regional Differences in Outcomes for Children and Adolescents: Focus on Detroit,
Toronto, and Berlin, Paper presented at the Annual Scorus Conference, Statistics and Help
for Young People in Big Cities. Berlin, Germany, April, 2009.
Impact of Family Leave in Canada and the United States on Post-Birth Employment
Dynamics of Women, 101st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society,
Montreal, Canada, August 11-14, 2006
Initial Predictors of Life Satisfaction, 101st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Society, Montreal, Canada, August 11-14, 2006
Impact of Family Leave in Canada and the United States on Post-Birth Employment
Dynamics of Women, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 56th
Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Canada, August 10-12, 2006.
Initial Predictors of Life Satisfaction, German Institute for Economic Research, SOEP
User Conference 2006, July 2006.
Setting the Set Point: Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Late Adolescence, German
Institute for Economic Research, XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South
Africa, 23-29 July 2006.
Setting the Set Point: Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Late Adolescence, German
Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany, 20th
July 2005.
Attitudes, Values, and Fertility Decisions in Poland: Analyses Based on the Polish
Version of the European Survey on Opinions on Population and Welfare, 25th
Congress of
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the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Tours, France, 18-23 July
2005.
Variations in Labor Market Behavior, Financial Outcomes, and Life Satisfaction for
Immigrant and Native Born Mothers in Germany, 25th
Congress of the International
Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Tours, France, 18-23 July 2005.
An Examination of the Joint Role of Parental Time and Money Constraints on Adolescent
Outcomes in the United States at the Childhoods 2005 Oslo, Norway Conference, 30th
June - 3rd July 2005.
Integration of Immigrant Mothers in Germany: Policy Issues and Empirical Outcomes
International Sociological Association, Research Committee 28 (RC28) on Social
Stratification and Mobility, Oslo Meeting, May 5-8, 2005, Welfare States and Social
Inequality.
Information on different mechanisms in the United States for disseminating statistical
information on youth (including health indicators) to the media, to politicians, and to
policy advocates, International Network for Regional and Urban Statistics, Annual Berlin
SCORUS Conference, “Statistics and the Help for Young People in Big Cities”, 17-19
January 2005, Berlin, Germany.
An Employer Perspective, After Birth: Policies for Healthy Women, Families, and
Workplaces, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota,
October 1, 2004.
Work and Family Policies: Economic Burden or Long-Term Economic Stimulus. The
2004 Conference on Feminist Economics, August 5-7, 2004, Oxford, England.
Behaviour surrounding childbirth: An examination of labor force behaviour among
immigrant and German women, Invited Seminar, German Institute for Economic
Research, July 2003.
Family Leave: An International Comparison of Germany, Canada, and the United States,
Invited Lecture at the Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Jagiellonian University,
Krakow, Poland, December 17, 2001.
Returns to Self-Employment Experience in the Wage and Salary Sector: A Comparative
Analysis of Germany and the United States, Paper presented at the German Institute for
Economic Research Conference, Berlin, July 1-3, 1998
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The Effect of Past and Present Labor Market and Family Policies on the Economic Well-
being of East German Women, Paper presented at the Joint World Congress of the
International Federation of Social Workers - IFSW AND IASSW, Jerusalem, Israel, July
5-9, 1998
The Effects of German Unification on Economic Outcomes for Women and Men, Paper
presented at the Second International Conference of Feminist Economics, Amsterdam,
June 2-5, 1998.
Qualitative Research: An Underused Methodology for Feminist Economics, Paper
presented at the Second International Conference of Feminist Economics, Amsterdam,
June 2-5, 1998.
Gender-Based Earnings Differentials in Wage and Salary versus Self-Employment: A
Comparison of Germany and the United States, Invited Lecture, Deutsches Institut fuer
Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin, Germany, August 23, 1996.
The Choice of Self-employment, Wage and Salary Employment, versus Non-
employment: A Comparison of Germany and the United States, Paper presented at the
1996 International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Study Users, Potsdam,
Germany, July 1996.
Income Uncertainty, Divorce Risk, and the Allocation of Time of Married Women, Guest
Lecture presented at the Department of Economics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
April 28, 1994.
Removing Barriers to Labor Force Participation for Women, Lecture Series delivered at
The Role of Gender in American Society, Conference organized by American Embassy,
Vienna, Austria, March 20-25, 1994, Raach, Austria.
The Use and Abuse of Neoclassical Theory in the Political Arena, Paper presented at Out
of the margin: feminist perspectives on economic theory. International Scientific
Conference, 2-5 June 1993, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Professional Presentations: National
Mental and Physical Disabilities In the United States From 1992 to 2007, Poster presented
at the 16th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C.,
January 11-15, 2012.
Features of Child Food Insecurity after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Results From a
Random Survey of Households. Paper presented at the 16th
Annual Meeting of the Society
for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2012.
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Are Social Supports a Mitigating Factor in Risk to Children? Paper presented at the 15th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Social Work Research, Tampa, FL, January 12-16,
2011.
Multiple Vulnerabilities of Children in Haiti, Paper presented at the 15th
Annual Meeting
of the Society of Social Work Research, Tampa, FL, January 12-16, 2011
Mortality, Morbidity and Displacement in Haiti: A Random Survey of Port-au-Prince
Households Before and After the January 2010 Earthquake.” Paper presented at the 138th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 2010.
Household Characteristics Associated with Human Rights Victimization in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti” Poster presented at the 13th
Annual Conference of the Society for Social
Work and Research.
Life Satisfaction among German Youth, National Council on Family Relations, 68th
Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 8-11, 2006
Impact of Family Leave in Canada and the United States, National Council on Family
Relations, 68th
Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 8-11, 2006
Risky Adolescent Behaviors: A Structural Equation and OLS Examination of How
Family Characteristics Affect Adolescent Outcomes, PAA Annual Meeting, March 31-
April 2, 2005, in Philadelphia, PA.
Attitudes, Values, and Fertility Decisions in Poland: Analyses Based on the Polish
Version of the European Survey on Opinions on Population and Welfare, Population
Association of America, Boston, MA, April 3-5, 2004.
Adolescent Outcomes, Poverty Status and Welfare Reform: An Analysis based on the
Survey of Program Dynamics, Joint Center for Poverty Research Development Grants
Conference, Washington, D.C., September 6-7, 2001.
An Exploratory, Qualitative Study of How Middle School Children and Their Mothers
Assess the Effects of Welfare Reform on Children, Urban Affairs Association 31st Annual
Meeting, Detroit, MI April 25-28, 2001.
Toward Paid Leave: A Comparative Analysis, Paper presented at the Annual Conference
of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN, November, 2000.
Internet Resources and Public Use Data Files for International Research and Teaching,
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations,
Minneapolis, MN, November, 2000.
Laying the Groundwork for University and Legislative Links, Paper presented at the
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Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN,
November 2000.
Family Policy in Germany, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National
Council on Family Relations, Los Angeles, CA, November 1999.
The Effect of Past and Present Labor market and Families Policies on the Economic Well-
Being of East German Women, Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of the
Society for Social Work and Research, Austin, Texas, January 22-24, 1999.
Family and Medical Leave in Canada, Poster presented at the Third Annual Conference of
the Society for Social Work and Research, Austin, Texas, January 22-24, 1999.
An Analysis of Canadian Bill C-21: Family and Medical Leave in Canada, Paper
presented at the National Council on Family Relation Conference, Milwaukee, WI,
November, 1998.
An Analysis of Family and Medical Leave and Benefits in Canada, Paper presented at the
1996 CSWE Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 15-18, 1996.
The Effect of Past and Present Labor Market and Family Policies on the Economic Well-
Being of East German Families, Paper presented at the National Council on Family
Relations Annual Conference, November 17-19, 1994, Portland, OR.
Families and Justice in a Reunified Germany, Paper presented at the National Council on
Family Relations Annual Conference, November 10-13, 1994, Minneapolis, MN.
The Economics of Family and Medical Leave in Canada and the United States, Paper
presented at the W.E. Upjohn Institute Conference on Employee Benefits, Labor Costs,
and labor Markets in Canada and the United States, Kalamazoo, MI, November 3-5, 1994.
"Sexual Harassment: Discrimination, Power, and Resource Allocation," Panel
presentation at the 1993 Conference on Feminist Economics," International Association
for Feminist Economics, American University, August 6-8, 1993, Washington, D.C.
Making Research Accessible to Policy Makers and the General Public and Family
Policies at the Workplace: Public and Private Initiatives in New York State, Presentations
at the 54 Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando,
Florida November 5-10, 1992.
Job Guaranteed Medical Leave: Reducing Termination Costs to Business, Paper presented
at the 1992 World Congress on the Family, Columbus, OH, August 12-22, 1992.
Family Economic Policy in Canada and the United States, Paper presented at the Social
Work World Assembly '92, Washington, D.C., July 18-22, 1992.
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Empowerment: A Strategic Process that Guides Efforts toward the Development of a
Family and Medical Leave Policy, (with J. Allen), VIIth IUCISD International
conference, Washington, D.C., July 12-15, 1992.
Income Uncertainty, Divorce Risk, and the Allocation of Time of Married Women, Paper
presented at the Cornell University, College of Human Ecology Conference, Household
Time Use: Research in the 21st Century, March 13-14, 1992, Ithaca, New York.
Determinants of the Incidence and Usage of Firm Specific Family and Medical Leave
Policies, Paper presented at the January 1992 meeting of the American Economic
Association, New Orleans, LA.
Leave and Terminations, Paper presented with W. T. Alpert at the January 1992 meeting
of the American Economic Association, New Orleans, LA.
Family Leave in Canada and the United States, Paper presented with W. T. Alpert at the
University of Minnesota/Donner Foundation Conference on the Economic Well-Being of
Women and Children in Canada and the United States, December 1991, Minneapolis,
MN.
Gaps in Maternity and Parental Leave by Institutional Source of Coverage, Paper
presented at the National Conference of the National Council on Family Relations,
November 1991, Denver, CO.
Family Policy: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Thematic Session presented at the Family
Research and Family Policy Conference of the Eastern Sociological Society, April 1991,
Providence, R.I.
Maternity and Parental Leave: A Historical and Cross-National Comparison of Arguments
concerning the Role of Government Policy towards Work, Caring for Children, and
Families, Paper presented at the 1991 Population Association Conference, March 1991,
Washington, D.C.
Handling Work during Leaves, Paper presented at the University of Minnesota/Donner
Foundation Conference on the Economic Well-Being of Women and Children in Canada
and the United States, February 1991, Minneapolis, MN.
National Consumption Patterns and the Prevalence of Leave Policies: The Role of Market
Failure and Government Intervention, Paper presented at the Second International
Conference on Research in the Consumer Interest, ACCI, Snowbird, Utah, August, 1990.
Accommodating the Joint Demands of Work and Family: Government-Mandated
Maternity and Parental Leaves. Institute for Research on Poverty--ASPE Workshop, April
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28-29, 1988, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Extent and Determinants of Relative Income Mobility in Malaysia, with Susan Randolph.
Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1987, Washington, D.C.
Effects of Rising Divorce Rates on the Labor Supply of Married Women, Eastern
Economic Association Meetings, April, 1986, Philadelphia, PA.
Professional Presentations: State
Researching Your Way to Effective Public Policy, Grantmakers-Grantseekers 2001,
Grand Rapids, MI, May 2001.
Public Policy Presentations
Family and Medical Leave, Briefing before Representatives from the New York State
Assembly and the New York State Senate, State Capitol, Albany, NY, June 10, 1992.
Family Constraints and Pressures, Presentation at the ILR Associates Conference How
Can Women Succeed in the Workplace? Visible and Invisible Barriers to Success, Cornell
University, April 27-28, 1992.
Family Leave: Pro-Family or Anti Business, Plenary Session Presentation at the Illinois
Women in Government Conference, Springfield, Illinois, April 8-10, 1992.
Briefing on Family and Medical Leave before New York State executive and legislative
agency staff, November 22, 1991. Briefing organized by Judy Avner, Director, Governor's
Office, Division for Women.
Age, Gender, and Family Issues, Presenter at the New York State Policy Workshop,
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Institute for Labor Market
Policies, October 7-8, 1991.
Family and Medical Leave: Implications of Mandated and Voluntary Leave for
Employers and Employees, Staff Briefing at the New York State Network for Economic
Research, 2nd Annual Research in Progress Briefing, The Rockefeller Institute of
Government, Albany, September 26, 1991.
Family and Medical Leave, Testimony before the Washington State House of
Representatives, Commerce and Labor Committee, June 17, 1991.
Social Costs of Jobs without Basic Benefits and Workplace Protections, Presentation
before the Farm Minimum Wage Advisory Committee, New York Department of Labor,
June 7, 1991.
Family and Medical Leave: The Impact of Family and Medical Leave Legislation,
Presentation before the Republican Staff of the United States Senate, Presentation was
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organized by Senator Bob Packwood, March 22, 1991.
Family and Medical Leave: Findings from a National Survey on Family and Medical
Leave, Presentation before the National Coalition on Family and Medical Leave.
Organized by the directors of the National Family and Medical Leave Coalition, March
22, 1991.
Costs and Strategies for Dealing with Leave, Presentation organized by D. Ververs, Small
Business Program Leader in Oswego County for members of the business Community,
October 10, 1990.
Parental Leave: Meeting the Needs of Families through Leave for Infant Care and Leave
to Care for Sick Children, Workshop leader at the New York State Association for the
Education of Young Children, Binghamton, New York, April 27, 1990.
Separate versus Equal Treatment Approaches to Parental Leave: Theoretical Issues and
Empirical Evidence, Presentation at the Second Annual Conference of the Institute for
Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C., June 1-2, 1990.
Focus on Work Force 2000 Issues: Family and Parental Leave, Panelist and moderator at
the 10th National Legislative Conference on Small Business Issues, San Francisco,
California, December 12, 1989.
Leave Policies: Small Employer Response, Presentation at the National Academy of
Sciences, Panel on Employer Policies and Working Families, Washington, D.C., March
20-21, 1989.
Employers' Parental Leave Policies: Does the Labor Market Provide Parental Leave,
Women's Studies Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wingspread
Conference on Parental Leave and Child Care, September 1988.
Cornell University Cooperative Extension Presentations/Workshops
Family Policy at Work: Implementing Personnel Policies, Workshop Leader, Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Oswego County Program, Mexico, NY, May 18, 1992
Work and Family: Historical Trends, Current Realities, and Future Visions," Keynote
Address, Parenting Education Network Conference, April 2, 1992, Albany, NY.
Advocating for Family Friendly Policies at Your Workplace, Workshop Leader, Parenting
Education Network Conference, April 2, 1992, Albany, NY.
Policy Issues Related to Caregiving, Presenter, at November 21, 1991 In-service
Education led by Karl Pillermer, entitled: Family Caregiving Program Development.
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In-Service Education, September 10-12, 1991, Organized with Guy Burns, Diane Knack
and Alan Hahn. "Working with Our Publics".
Family Leave: Private Versus Public Responsibility, Moderator and Discussant at the
Social Outlook Conference, April 1991.
In-Service Education, October 23, 1990, Organized with Polly Spedding, Employer and
Employee Responsibilities in Balancing Work and Family.
In-Service Education, October 9, 1990, Organized with Ruth Raimon-Wilson, Karl
Pillemer, Support for Caregivers of Elderly Persons -- Community, Workplace, and
Public Policy.
Work and Family: Exploring the Issues, College of Human Ecology, 65th Anniversary
Institute, October 6, 1990.
In-service Education, June 15, 1990, "Leave Policies in Small Business: Incidence, Costs
and Strategies."
Employer Response to Caring for the Elderly, June 13, 1990. Speaker at In-Service
Education led by Ruth Raimon-Wilson, entitled: "New Directions, Programs and Public
Policy: Joining Young and Old Across the Generations," Cornell.
Families in the Balance: The Role of Parental Leave, Panelist, Cornell, April 23, 1990.
Family Leave: Legislative and Private Initiative, Presenter at the Economic Outlook for
1990 Economic Training School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, December 13, 1989.
In-service Education, Issue Group Leader on Child Care Policy, "Family Community
Leadership Statewide Institute, December 4-8, 1989. (An intensive week-long institute on
community leadership and public policy education.)
Family Leave Policy, Featured Speaker at the New York State Association of Extension
Home Economists Meeting, Ballston Spa, NY, November 6, 1989.
Parental Leave, Presentation before the Extension Advisory Council, Cornell, April 4,
1990.
Implications of Social Science Research on Federal Policy, Presentation before the
College Advisory Council, Cornell, October 19, 1989.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Prinicipal Investigor, Development of Funding Formulae for Detroit Area Agency on
Aging, $51,000.
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Principal Investigator, Supportive Education Evaluation, Community Care Services,
January 24, 2011 – January 31, 2012, $32,000.
Co-Investigator, Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of @HOMe Support, Blue Cross Blue
Shield Foundation, August 31, 2010 – August 31, 2011, $104,000.
Co-investigator, President’s Research Enhancement Program, U.S. versus Swedish
Integration Policies and Programs, August 31, 2010 – August 31, 2011, $75,000.
Principal Investigator, Workforce Retention Study, Oakland Family Service, November
2009 – August 2011, $30,000.
Co-Investigator, Government of Canada Faculty Research Grant 2005 – 2006, An
examination of the labor market effects of Canadian parental leave policy (with Maria
Hanratty), $25,000.
Principal Investigator, The Impact of Total Workload on Maternal and Infant Health: How
Employment before and after Childbirth Influences Maternal and Infant Health,
Children’s Bridge Research Enhancement Program, $202,006, May 2004- April 2007.
Co-Investigator, A Study of Urban Nonprofit Capacity Building, MNRP (Michigan
Nonprofit Research Program), $47,154, August 2003-July 2004.
Principal Investigator, Skillman Foundation, Michigan Family Impact Seminars, $89,000
(sub-contract via Michigan State University), 2000-2003.
Principal Investigator, Joint Center on Poverty Research, Adolescent Outcomes, Poverty
Status, and Welfare Reform, An Analysis based on the Survey of Program Dynamics,
$39,998.56, September 2000-August 2001.
Principal Investigator, Skillman Foundation, Skillman Center for Children, Welfare
Reform: Focus on Children, $5,000, 1999-2000.
Principal Investigator, State Policy Center, Michigan Family Impact Seminar, $15,500,
1999-2000.
Principal Investigator, State Policy Center, The Effect of Welfare Reform on Children,
$7500, 1999-2000.
German Institute for Economic Research, Travel Grant, 1998, 2500 DM.
Co-Principal Investigator, Employment Diversification and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
with Rural Areas, (with R. Heck) Market, Trade and Policy Program of the U.S.
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Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research Service, July 1, 1993- June 30,
1996, $116,641.
Wayne State University Research Grant Program, 1995, An Examination of the Labor
Market Dynamics Resulting from the Availability and Use of Medical, Maternity, and
Parental Leave Benefits in Canada, $7000.
Wayne State University Graduate Research Assistant Award, 1995, Assessing the Labor
Market Effects of Family and Medical Leave Legislation at the Federal and State Level,
$36,000.
Wayne State University, College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, Summer
Research Program, 1995, A Comparative Cross-National Study on Gender-based
Earnings Differentials Among Self-employed versus Wage and Salary Workers in the
United States and Germany, $4500.
Commissioned Paper, Family Leave in Canada and in the United States, The W.E.
Upjohn Institute, 1993, $5,000.
Principal Investigator, An Assessment of the Economic Feasibility of Extending
Temporary Disability Insurance, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Subcontract,
1/92-8/92, $10,000.
Principal Investigator, Medical and Family Leave: An Examination of Existing Policies
and the Impact of Mandated Leave Legislation in Rural versus Urban Firms, USDA
Agricultural Experiment Station, 1989-1992, $40,000.
Commissioned Paper, Leave Policies in Small Business, National Research Council,
1989, $2,000
Principal Investigator, Survey of Leave Policies in Connecticut Business, Yale University
Sub-Contract 1988, $25,000.
Principal Investigator, Leave Policies in Small Business, U.S. Small Business
Administration Contract, 1987-1990, $55,000.
Principal Investigator, Public Policy Issues surrounding Parental Leave, Institute for
Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, 1987 Summer Grant Program, $13,000.
Models of Labor Market Discrimination. University of Connecticut Summer Research
Grant, 1986, $5,000.
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EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (past and current)
Member Editorial Board, Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Managerial Issues
Member, Editorial Board, Wayne State University Press
Reviewer, Social Science Quarterly
Reviewer, ILR Press
Reviewer, National Council on Family Relations Conference
Reviewer, Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Reviewer, Journal of Human Resources
Reviewer, Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries
Reviewer, Journal of Family Research
Reviewer, Feminist Economics
Reviewer, Journal of Marriage and the Family
Reviewer, Social Problems
Reviewer, Family Relations
Reviewer, Contemporary Sociology
Reviewer, Population Research and Policy Review
Reviewer, Zeitschrift fuer Familienforschung
Reviewer, Haworth Press, Inc.
Reviewer, Journal of Family Issues
Professional Affiliations
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