OBJECTIVE To investigate workforce participation patterns among Australian medical graduates and the extent of cohort differences in these patterns. DESIGN We carried out a retrospective longitudinal cohort study, with data collected by postal survey on current occupation, location, absences from the workforce and occupation since graduation. PARTICIPANTS Graduates who had completed their b...

Over the last two decades, numerous studies have suggested that dedicated time for parents to be with their children in the earliest months of life offers significant benefits to child health. The United States (US) is the only wealthy nation without a formalized policy guaranteeing workers paid time off when they become new parents. As individual US states consider enacting parental leave poli...

We describe the local D=4 field theory on κ–deformed Minkowski space as nonlocal relativistic field theory on standard Minkowski space–time. For simplicity the case of κ-deformed scalar field φ with the interaction λφ is considered, and the κ–deformed interaction vertex is described. Supported by KBN grant 2P03B13012 On leave of absence from the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of ...

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the views of trainees and recently graduated Fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on their experiences of taking parental leave during specialist training. DESIGN An anonymous online survey, conducted over a 1-month period from 16 August 2012 to 14 September 2012, of participants' experiences of taking parental lea...

The (German) market for law professors fulfils the conditions for a hog cycle: In the short run, supply cannot be extended or limited; future law professors must be hired soon after they first present themselves, or leave the market; demand is inelastic. Using a comprehensive German dataset, we show that the number of market entries today is negatively correlated with the number of market entri...

An important, but largely unexplored, class of bargaining problems involve two negotiators, who send signals to a third party. One of the most important, but simple, cases within this class is the policy-setting process between Congress and the president. We develop a model where Congress makes a makes a take-it-orleave-it o er to the president (a bill), who either accepts or rejects (signs or ...

Declining birth rates in Europe over the last 30 years have often been associated with changes in family structure and with increased female labour market participation. In order to understand the changes in family formation, it is important to also take family relations and gender equality within the family into consideration. This article focuses on the division of housework (as a measurement...

The problem with the concept of work–life balance is that most of the onus of achieving such clarity and satisfaction is left to the employee. As a pediatric intensivist and mother of two, I am ruled by the demands and requirements imposed both by my employer and academic position and by my beautiful children. It is the culture around and perception of working mothers that needs to change – bot...

Sweden represents an interesting paradox in regards to egalitarian matters. It is considered one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, with strong norms about gender equality, and repeatedly ranks favourably and near the top of various measures of gender equality (e.g., Hausmann, Tyson, & Zahidi, 2012). There is a higher educational attainment for women than men, extensive legal and f...

One of the major concerns raised by people using negotiation processes is about the fairness of the process. Individuals undertake negotiation to derive better outcomes than could be obtained from conflict and litigation. Thus they often engage in interest based negotiation. But interest based negotiation focuses upon the interests of disputants rather than upon objective measures of fairness. ...