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  • Work Schedule Quality and the Production of Parental Stress and Parenting Time

    April 8, 2026
    Siri Neerchal, Daniel Schneider

    Read the Full Article A large body of literature has documented the effects of work scheduling practices, such as nonstandard…

  • Parents’ precarious work schedules and children’s asthma management

    March 27, 2026
    Kelly Quinn, Daniel Schneider

    Read the Full Article Many working parents in the United States are employed in jobs that expose them to challenging…

  • Unpredictable and Unstable: Fast Food Jobs in Los Angeles

    January 12, 2026
    Kevin Bruey, Alessandra Soto, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett

    Read the Full Article Over the past ten years, fast food workers have been at the center of powerful social…

  • Managing motherhood: how “queen bee” managers in the US service sector reduce motherhood advantages in work scheduling

    December 17, 2025
    Joshua Choper

    Read the Full Article This study advances sociological theories of motherhood-based workplace inequalities by examining how frontline managers shape mothers’…

  • Direct Experience with Poor Working Conditions and Partisan Labor Policy Preferences

    December 1, 2025
    Gregory Lyon, Daniel Schneider

    Read the Full Article Do Republicans and Democrats who hold jobs with poor working conditions have similar views on pro-union…

  • Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Workers in the Hourly Service Sector

    November 7, 2025
    Gabriella Aboulafia, Daniel Schneider

    Read the Full Article In defending the Medicaid cuts in HR 1, policymakers have argued that Medicaid coverage losses would…

  • Beyond borders: Does firm-level exposure to state and local paid sick leave mandates lead to intra-firm spillovers?

    October 24, 2025
    Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett

    Read the Full Article States and localities have passed labor standards to raise the floor on job quality, including mandating…

  • Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers

    October 7, 2025
    Daniel Schneider, David Weil, Julie Su, Kevin Bruey

    Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics…

  • Don’t Save the Demographics for Last: No Breakoff Penalty for Placing Demographic Items Early in Web-Based Surveys

    September 3, 2025
    Dylan Nguyen, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett, Connor Williams

    Read the Full Article Conventional survey methodology wisdom holds that demographic questions should be asked at the end of surveys…

  • IKEA Self-Scheduling Intervention: Implementation and Impact Report

    September 2, 2025
    Kristen Harknett, Daniel Schneider, Clem Aeppli, Jeremy Mopsick

    Read the Full Report The IKEA-Shift Project research collaboration began in late 2019, just before the global coronavirus pandemic. The…

  • (Un)Supportive Workplaces: Experiences of Workplace Climate for Formerly Systems-Involved Young Workers

    August 28, 2025
    Kristen Harknett, Daniel Schneider, Rebecca Wolfe, Paige Logan Prater

    Read the Full Report By early adulthood, millions of young people have had early life experiences interacting with the juvenile…

  • Regulating Algorithmic Management: A Multi-Stakeholder Study of Challenges in Aligning Software and the Law for Workplace Scheduling

    July 21, 2025
    Daniel Schneider

    Read the Full Article Algorithmic management (AM)’s impact on worker well-being has led to calls for regulation. However, little is…

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Unpredictable and Unstable: Fast Food Jobs in Los Angeles

Kevin Bruey, Alessandra Soto, Daniel Schneider and Kristen Harknett

Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers

Daniel Schneider, David Weil, Julie Su and Kevin Bruey

Don’t Save the Demographics for Last: No Breakoff Penalty for Placing Demographic Items Early in Web-Based Surveys

Dylan Nguyen, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett and Connor Williams

IKEA Self-Scheduling Intervention: Implementation and Impact Report

Kristen Harknett, Daniel Schneider, Clem Aeppli and Jeremy Mopsick

(Un)Supportive Workplaces: Experiences of Workplace Climate for Formerly Systems-Involved Young Workers

Kristen Harknett, Daniel Schneider, Rebecca Wolfe and Paige Logan Prater
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Articles

Work Schedule Quality and the Production of Parental Stress and Parenting Time

Siri Neerchal and Daniel Schneider

Parents’ precarious work schedules and children’s asthma management

Kelly Quinn and Daniel Schneider

Managing motherhood: how “queen bee” managers in the US service sector reduce motherhood advantages in work scheduling

Joshua Choper

Direct Experience with Poor Working Conditions and Partisan Labor Policy Preferences

Gregory Lyon and Daniel Schneider

Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Workers in the Hourly Service Sector

Gabriella Aboulafia and Daniel Schneider
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