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Professor Man-Yee Kan will participate in the Association for Asian Studies Conference 2024 in in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This panel delves into the critical needs, challenges, and policy implications associated with care provision and the domestic division...
Trinidad Moreno S.
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Dr. Grace Chang presented her work at the European Population Conference 2024
Dr. Grace Chang was excited to present her work at the European Population Conference in Edinburgh this June 2024, funded by the GenTime...
Trinidad Moreno S.
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Single Parenthood: Current Facts and Potential Impact of COVID-19
Kamila Kolpashnikova, Muzhi Zhou, Ekaterina Hertog, and Man-Yee Kan University of Oxford Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak engendered an...

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May 8, 20206 min read
Read the new report on Gender inequality during the lockdown in the UK by the GenTime team
Key points Women remain the main homemakers and caregivers. The ‘lockdown’ could lead to a resurgence of traditional gender roles and...

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Apr 17, 20201 min read
Congratulations to Kamila Kolpashnikova on her Marie Curie Fellowship!
GenTime Researcher Kamila Kolpashnikova has been awarded a prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowship to investigate elder carers'...

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Feb 17, 20201 min read
DomesticAI Project
Congratulations to Dr Ekaterina Hertog from GenTime who has been awarded funding from ESRC to head her own research project on AI's...

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Jan 23, 20201 min read


Our forthcoming symposium advertised by the Japanese Embassy
Our January symposium is now live on the japanese embassy website. https://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/SeasonCulture/EVENT/Month/202001/09_Int...

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Dec 17, 20191 min read
Come to our Symposium "Introduction to Data and Resources Available at Statistics Bureau Japan"
The Symposium will take place on January 9th, 2020, LLR room, Nuffiled College, Oxford all the details and registration information...

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Dec 6, 20191 min read


All work and no play makes up gender inequality
This week, I have been busy with work often returning home after 7pm. Sometimes, other things also interfered—doing sports or attending...

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Oct 21, 20193 min read



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Aug 22, 20190 min read


Gendered division of labour in Japan
Ekaterina Hertog and Man-Yee Kan presented a new findings about the shifts in domestic division of labout in Japanese married couples...

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Aug 22, 20191 min read


New work about gendered division of labor and fertility
Is the gendered division of labour where the husband is the primary breadwinner and the wife primarily cares for the family good for...

Muzhi ZHOU
Jun 5, 20191 min read
GenTime research mentioned in Financial Times
Read a new article in financial Times "Chore wars: why do women still do more housework?" citing Professor Kan.

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May 10, 20191 min read
Meet us at PAA next week
Gentime team members are presenting a number of papers at the forthcoming Population Association of America conference. Check our...

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Apr 3, 20191 min read


Kamila Kolpashnikova started as a Research Fellow on the GenTime project
Welcome to Kamila Kolpashnikova to the GenTime team. Our core team is now complete!

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Mar 1, 20191 min read
Muzhi Zhou started as a Research Fellow on the GenTime project
Welcome to Muzhi Zhou to the GenTime team.

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Feb 25, 20191 min read


Come to our talks in Tokyo, on January 17th 2019
Click here for the details

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Dec 25, 20181 min read
ESRC AHRC UK-Japan connection grant success
Congratulations to Man Yee Kan and Ekaterina Hertog for winning an ESRC AHRC UK-Japan connection grant! The grant will be used to foster...

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Dec 8, 20181 min read


Education and domestic work contributions between 1996 and 2006 in Japan
Ekaterina Hertog and Man-Yee Kan will present their most recent paper looking at the interaction between education and period effects in...

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Oct 23, 20181 min read
Time use and educational attainment
Man-yee Kan, Satu Ojala and Tomi Oinas will present new findings about teenage time use and educational attainment in adulthood in...

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Oct 18, 20181 min read
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