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

Society for Social Work Research

International Sociological Association