Leah Ruppanner

Gendered housework under China’s privatization: the evolving role of parents

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 15-07-2021

DOI: 10.1080/21620555.2021.1944081

Emotional and financial health during COVID‐19: The role of housework, employment and childcare in Australia and the United States

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 23-07-2021

DOI: 10.1111/GWAO.12727

Abstract: During the first few months of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the world witnessed major economic, school, and daycare closures. We s led respondents in Australia and the US during the height of the first restrictions to understand how the first quarantine structured their emotional strain and financial worry (825 Australians and 835 Americans aged between 18 and 65 May 2–3, 2020 source YouGov). We apply structural equation modeling to demonstrate that the emotional well‐being impacts of COVID‐19 are not only gendered but also vary between childless people and parents. Specifically, we show that compared to Australians, Americans were more impacted by changes in their financial circumstances. Further, while the financial worry and emotional strain impacts were similar between childless people and parents in Australia, significant differences existed between the two groups in the United States. In particular, we identify American mothers as the most disadvantaged group—feeling the most anxious and financially worried about both employment and domestic changes under COVID‐19. Policy wise, we argue that COVID‐19 is exacerbating gender inequality in emotional health. To slow down this trend, more adequate mental health supports are needed, particularly for mothers.

Do managers sleep well? The role of gender, gender empowerment and economic development

Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Date: 17-03-2021

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0247515

Abstract: Work demands often disrupt sleep. The stress of higher status theory posits that workers with greater resources often experience greater stress. We extend this theory to sleep and ask: do managers report more disrupted sleep and does this vary by gender and country context? Data come from the 2012 European Social Survey Programme and our s le comprised those currently employed in their prime working age (n = 27,616 age 25–64) in 29 countries. We include country level measures of the Gender Development Index (GDI) and gross domestic product (GDP). We find that workers sleep better, regardless of gender, in countries where women are empowered. For managers, women sleep better as GDI increases and men as GDP increases. Our results suggest that men experience a sleep premium from economic development and women from gender empowerment.

Profiling racial prejudice during COVID‐19: Who exhibits anti‐Asian sentiment in Australia and the United States?

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 22-08-2021

DOI: 10.1002/AJS4.176

Abstract: Following the COVID‐19 outbreak, anti‐Asian racism increased around the world, as exhibited through greater instances of abuse and hate crimes. To better understand the scale of anti‐Asian racism and the characteristics of people who may be expressing racial prejudice, we s led respondents in Australia and the United States over 31 August–9 September 2020 (1375 Australians and 1060 Americans aged 18 or above source YouGov). To address potential social desirability bias, we use both direct and indirect (list experiment) questions to measure anti‐Asian sentiment and link these variables to key socioeconomic factors. We find that, instead of being universal among general populations, anti‐Asian sentiment is patterned differently across both country contexts and socioeconomic groups. In the United States, the most significant predictor of anti‐Asian bias is political affiliation. By contrast, in Australia, anti‐Asian bias is closely linked to a wide range of socioeconomic factors including political affiliation, age, gender, employment status and income.

The mental load: building a deeper theoretical understanding of how cognitive and emotional labor overload women and mothers

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 24-11-2022

DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2021.2002813

Restless sleep and emotional wellbeing among European full-time dual-earner couples: gendered impacts of children and workplace demands

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-02-2022

DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2022.2033305

Race to the top: using experiments to understand gender bias towards female politicians

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 28-05-2019

DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2019.1618438

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180101217

Start Date: 2018

End Date: 12-2022

Amount: $242,944.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP190101189

Start Date: 08-2020

End Date: 08-2024

Amount: $227,010.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100228

Start Date: 2015

End Date: 12-2017

Amount: $372,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT220100493

Start Date: 06-2023

End Date: 06-2027

Amount: $1,016,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council