Mara A. Yerkes

Mara A. Yerkes

Universiteit Utrecht

H-index: 23

Europe-Netherlands

About Mara A. Yerkes

Mara A. Yerkes, With an exceptional h-index of 23 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiteit Utrecht, specializes in the field of comparative social policy, social inequalities, gender, welfare states, work-family.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The value of work-life balance: cross-country and cross-worker comparisons

The risks of job flexibility: an analysis of reconciling paid work and informal care across organisations using the capabilities approach

(Un) deserving of work-life balance? A cross country investigation of people’s attitudes towards work-life balance arrangements for parents and childfree employees

What role do occupational differences play in subjective working conditions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic?

Fathers stepping up? A cross-national comparison of fathers’ domestic labour and parents’ satisfaction with the division of domestic labour during the COVID-19 pandemic

Flexible work arrangements for work-life balance: a cross-national policy evaluation from a capabilities perspective

‘Unprecedented injustice’: Digitalisation and the perceived accessibility of childcare benefits

Economic inequality increases the number of hours worked and decreases work–life balance perceptions: longitudinal and experimental evidence

Mara A. Yerkes Information

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Citations(all)

2291

Citations(since 2020)

1544

Cited By

1136

hIndex(all)

23

hIndex(since 2020)

18

i10Index(all)

41

i10Index(since 2020)

33

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Mara A. Yerkes Skills & Research Interests

comparative social policy

social inequalities

gender

welfare states

work-family

Top articles of Mara A. Yerkes

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The value of work-life balance: cross-country and cross-worker comparisons

Mara A Yerkes

Karen van Hedel

2024/4/12

The risks of job flexibility: an analysis of reconciling paid work and informal care across organisations using the capabilities approach

International Journal of Care and Caring

Marcel Hoogenboom

Mara A Yerkes

Wilco Kruijswijk

2024/2/15

(Un) deserving of work-life balance? A cross country investigation of people’s attitudes towards work-life balance arrangements for parents and childfree employees

Community, Work & Family

Silvia Filippi

Mara Yerkes

Michèlle Bal

Bryn Hummel

John de Wit

2024/1/1

What role do occupational differences play in subjective working conditions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic?

Sociological Inquiry

R Roos van der Zwan

M Yerkes

J Besamusca

P Kruyen

C Remery

2023/12/22

Fathers stepping up? A cross-national comparison of fathers’ domestic labour and parents’ satisfaction with the division of domestic labour during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Family Studies

Richard J Petts

Stéfanie André

Daniel L Carlson

Heejung Chung

Melissa A Milkie

...

2023/2/24

Flexible work arrangements for work-life balance: a cross-national policy evaluation from a capabilities perspective

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Carla Brega

Samuel Briones

Jana Javornik

Margarita León

Mara Yerkes

2023/12/18

‘Unprecedented injustice’: Digitalisation and the perceived accessibility of childcare benefits

Journal of Social Policy

Bryn Hummel

Mara A Yerkes

Michèlle Bal

2023/10/26

Economic inequality increases the number of hours worked and decreases work–life balance perceptions: longitudinal and experimental evidence

Royal Society Open Science

Silvia Filippi

Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara

Davide Pirrone

Mara Yerkes

Caterina Suitner

2023/10/18

Declared non-essential during the COVID-19 pandemic: Effects on professional identity

Ruth van Veelen

Johanna SW Kruger

Belle Derks

MF Manzi Cembrano

Melissa Vink

...

2023/12/16

The COVID-19 pandemic and temporal change in metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a natural experiment within the HELIUS study

SSM-Population Health

Bryn Hummel

Mara A Yerkes

Ralf E Harskamp

Henrike Galenkamp

Anton E Kunst

...

2023/9/1

A mapping of parenting support policies worldwide to prevent violence against children

Child Abuse & Neglect

Sabine van Tuyll van Serooskereken Rakotomalala

F Marijn Stok

Mara A Yerkes

John BF de Wit

2023/12/1

Resources for whom? Conceptualizing and comparing childcare policy design for parents of children with complex care needs

Mehri Zamanbin

Mara A Yerkes

Jana Javornik

2023/12/23

Extending theoretical explanations for gendered divisions of care during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Journal of Marriage and Family

Stéfanie André

Chantal Remery

Mara A Yerkes

2023

Understanding Solidarity in Society: Triggers and Barriers for In-and Outgroup Solidarity

Trudie Knijn

Marit Hopman

Mara Yerkes

Michèlle Bal

2022

Where to from here? Social policy research in future European societies

Mara A Yerkes

Kenneth Nelson

Rense Nieuwenhuis

2022/7/15

Why solidarity and social justice still matter today

Mara A Yerkes

Michèlle Bal

2022/4/26

Trajectories of modernization of parenting leave policies within continental Europe: similarities and unexpected differences

Mara A Yerkes

Birgit Pfau-Effinger

Wim Van Lancker

2022/12/9

De pandemie als mogelijke katalysator van emancipatie

De Sociologie en de Pandemie: Inzichten en Vooruitblik na Twee Jaar Coronacrisis

Chantal Remery

Stéfanie André

Mara Yerkes

2022/1/1

Social policy research in changing European societies

Kenneth Nelson

Rense Nieuwenhuis

Mara A Yerkes

2022/7/15

23. Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Research handbook on leave policy: Parenting and social inequalities in a global perspective

Gayle Kaufman

Auður Magndís Auðardóttir

Deni Mazrekaj

Rachael N Pettigrew

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer

...

2022/12/6

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Co-Authors

H-index: 52
Rens van de Schoot

Rens van de Schoot

Universiteit Utrecht

H-index: 29
Kea Gartje Tijdens

Kea Gartje Tijdens

Universiteit van Amsterdam

H-index: 24
romke van der veen

romke van der veen

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

H-index: 7
Judith Raven

Judith Raven

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

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