CERF CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Gender and Work/Family Balance:
New Policies, New Approaches, New Directions?

 

Dalhousie University, Halifax, May 31, 2007 (all day) - June 1, 2007 (a.m. only)

 

Organized by the Canadian Employment Research Forum (CERF), with the support of Statistics Canada and the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN), being held in conjunction with the Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting.

 

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007

 

8:30 - 10:00     Session 1       “Changes in Time Use and Time Stress”

 

Chair: Miles Corak (Statistics Canada, Co-Chair, CERF)

Opening Remarks: Miles Corak

 

“Changes in the Gender Division of Labour among Adults and Teens”,
(English -gender, teens; Français -sexes, adolescents)

Katherine Marshall (Statistics Canada)

Discussant: Andrew Harvey (St. Mary's University)

 

“Changes in Time Related Stress: 1992 – 2005”,

Alex Grey and Benoit-Paul Hebert (Strategic Policy Research Directorate, HRSDC)

Discussant: Martha MacDonald (St. Mary's University)

 

10:00 - 10:30   Refreshment Break

 

10:30 -12:00    Session 2       “Employment Consequences of Care-Giving”

 

Chair: Frances Woolley (Carleton University)

 

“Exploring work/family conflict and job costs among Nova Scotia caregivers”,

Janice Keefe (Mount St. Vincent University) Susan Kirkland (Dalhousie University),

Sheva Medjuck, Brigitte Neumann (NS Advisory Council on the Status of Women)

Discussant: Francois Weldon (HRSDC)

 

“Child Health and Parental Paid Work”,

P. Burton, L. Lethbridge and S. Phipps, (Dalhousie University)

Discussant: Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University)

 

“Perinatal Family Labour Supply: Historical Trends and the Modern Experience”,

Mikal Skuterud (University of Waterloo)

Discussant: Katherine Marshall (Statistics Canada)

 

12:00 - 2:00     Lunch (simple buffet included in CEA registration); Great Hall, University Club;

                        Thursday - McInnis Room; Friday - 2nd Floor of the Student Union Building

 

2:00 – 3:30      Session 3       “Gender, Motherhood and Earnings”

 

Chair: Sarah MacPhee (Dalhousie University)

 

“Motherhood Earnings Losses in Canada:  Evidence from a Large Longitudinal Administrative Database”,

Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada)

Discussant: Yulia Kotlyarova (Dalhousie University)

 

“Marriage, Child-bearing and Women’s Earnings”,

Ross Finnie (Queen’s University)

Discussant: Mikal Skuterud (University of Waterloo)

 

“Sex and Salaries at the University of Manitoba: Systemic Discrimination in a Canadian University?”,

Laura Brown, Susan Prentice and Elizabeth Troutt (University of Manitoba)

Discussant: Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University)

 

3:30 - 4:00       Refreshment Break

 

4:00 - 5:30       Session 4       “Workplace Practices and Employment Outcomes”

                                               

Chair: Brigitte Neumann (Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women)

 

“Family-friendly Benefits and Employee Labour Market Outcomes”,

Tony Fang (York University) and Byron Lee (Statistics Canada)

Discussant: Rosalind Penfound (Public Service Commission, Nova Scotia)

 

“Workplace Family Support Programs and Employment in Voluntary and Involuntary Part-time Hours: Exploring Gender Differences”,

I.U. Zeytinoglu (McMaster University), G.B. Cooke (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and S.L. Mann (McMaster University)

Discussant: Fiona MacPhail (University of Northern British Columbia)

 

“Employer Support for Volunteer Activities and Time Constraints in Canada”,

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles (University of Northern British Columbia)

Discussant: Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2007

 

8:30 – 10:00    Session 5       “The Family Context of Labour Market Decisions and Outcomes”

 

Chair: Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University)

 

“Understanding Single- and Dual-Earner Families in Canada: An Analysis using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics”,

Stephane Gascon and Sameer Mawji (Social Policy Research Group, HRSDC)

Discussant: Janice Compton (University of Manitoba)

 

“Immigrant and Canadian-Born Family Migration and the Employment Outcomes of Women and Men”,

Hongchen Yue (University of Manitoba)

Discussant: Abdurrahman Aydemir (Statistics Canada)

 

“Understanding the Income Gradient in Children’s Physical Health: Revisiting the Canadian Case”,

Claire de Oliveira (McMaster University)

Discussant: Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University)

 

10:00 - 10:30   Refreshment Break

 

10:30  - 12:00  Session 6       “Workplaces and Well-Being”

 

Chair: David Green (University British Columbia, Co-Chair, CERF)

 

Keynote: John Helliwell and Haifang Huang (University British Columbia)

 

Closing Remarks: David Green

 

                                                                                                                       

                        NOTE:     CERF Board Meeting May 31st, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

                                        (2132 McCain Building – juice/coffee/muffins available)