Resources

Developed by The Sloan Work and Family Research Network.

Created in 1997, the Alfred P. Sloan Work and Family Research Network is the premier online destination for information about work and family. The Network serves a global community interested in work and family research by providing resources and building knowledge. Current, credible, and comprehensive, the Network targets the information needs of academics and researchers, workplace practitioners, state public policy makers, and interested individuals. It’s the place to find high quality research and reports, easy-to-read summary sheets and briefs, as well as work and family topic pages—all in one location.

The Network can offer you:

• Multi-disciplinary, credible teaching resources and access to the world’s foremost academics and researchers
• Evidence-based information on cutting-edge workforce issues, talent management, and the impact of work and family issues on business outcomes
• Unbiased policy data about work and family trends, legislation, and statistics, without lobbying activities

The site contains over 9600 literature citations, a statistics database, fact sheets and other resources. Policy makers may find the Bills & Statutes Database and the Policy Briefing Series to be useful in their work. State profiles of work-family policy efforts in all 50 states are also available. Due to the generous funding of the Sloan Foundation, all resources are free of charge.

Work and Family Links

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Workplace, Workforce and Working Families
• Alfred P. Sloan Centers for the Study of Working Families
  • Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life at the University of Michigan
  • Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life
  • Parents, Children and Work at University of Chicago, NORC and Michigan State University
  • UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Workplace Center
  • MIT Workplace Center

Work-Family Resources

• Alliance of Work/Life Professionals (AWLP)
• The Aspen Institute
  • CasePlace
• Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children at Claremont McKenna College
• Boston College Center for Work & Family
• Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center at Cornell University
• Business Impact
• The Business Roundtable
• Catalyst: Research and Advisory Organization to Advance Women in Business
• Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
• Center for Ethical Business Cultures
• Center for Families at Purdue University
  • Midwestern Work-Family Association
  • Military Family Research Institute
• Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being at the University of Guelph
• Center for Women Policy Studies
• Center for Women's Business Research
• Center for Work and Family Research at Penn State
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Children, Youth and Family Consortium at University of Minnesota
• Children's Defense Fund
• Civic Practices Network
• Children, Youth, and Family Education and Research Network
• Community, Families, and Work Program at Brandeis University
• Economic Policy Institute
• Families and Work Institute
  • Fatherhood Project Home Page
• Family Support America
• Heller Graduate School National Center on Women & Aging of Brandeis University
• Institute for Educational Leadership
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• Institute for Work & Employment Research
• The International Telework Association and Council
• The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Kunz Center for the Study of Work & Family
• The Labor Project for Working Families at University of California, Berkeley
• The Labor Resource Center at University of Massachusetts, Boston
• The National Association of Partners in Education
• National Organization for Women
• The National Parenting Association
• The National Partnership for Women and Families
• The New England Work & Family Association
• New Ways to Work
• The NIH Work & Family Life Center
• 9to5, National Association of Working Women
• The Policy Action Network
• The Project on Global Working Families at Harvard School of Public Health
• Public Services International Research Unit
• The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• The Rockefeller Family Fund
• Rutgers University Center for Women and Work
• Silicon Valley Cultures Project Website at San Jose State University, California
• Texas Work & Family Clearinghouse
• The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• The Welfare to Work Partnership
• Wellesley Centers for Women
• Wharton Work/Life Integration Project
• Women Employed
• Work in America Institute
• Work/Family Newsgroup
• Work/Life Association

Statistics & Research

• Fedstats
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Current Population Survey
• EconData.Net
• Education Commission of the States Home Page
• Hudson Institute
• Mathematica Policy Research
• Office for National Statistics - Socio-Economic Statistics and Analysis Group
• Sage Publications
• Social Science Data Collection from UCSD
• SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway)
• THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. DOL - Women's Bureau
• United States Department of Justice
• Western New York Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly Industrial Relations Research Association

Blogs

• New Work+Life Flex Normal
• The Juggle
• Kathie Lingle's Work-Life Blog
• Working Mother
• Work.Life
• The Work/Life Balancing Act
• WorkLife Law Blog

International

• Australian Institute of Family Studies (Australia )
• Canadian Policy Research Networks (Canada)
• Center for Families Work and Well-Being (Canada)
• CESSDA (Council of European Social Science Data Archives)
• Council of European Studies
• Danish Institute of Social Research (Denmark)
• Demos (UK)
• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)
• Employers for Work-Life Balance (UK)
• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
• Families & Social Capital - ESRS Research Group (UK)
• ESRC Future of Work Research Programme (UK)
• GESIS (German Social Science Infrastructure Service) (Germany)
• Home Office: Ministerial Group on the Family (UK)
• INSEAD (France)
• International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
• International Labour Organization
• International Telework Association & Council
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK)
• Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Germany)
• Newcastle Centre for Family Studies (UK)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Trust (New Zealand)
• Statistics Canada (Canada)
• The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UK)
• The University of Strathclyde (UK)
• University of Western Australia (Australia)
• The Work-Life Research Centre (UK)
• Work-life Balance in Canadian Workplaces (Human Resources Development Canada) (Canada)