Publications

Helen Kowalewska (2025). Economic, Normative, and Moral Reasoning in Employer Attitudes to Maternity Leave. Social Policy and Society.

Helen Kowalewska, Agnese Vitali (2023). The Female-Breadwinner Wellbeing ‘Penalty’: Differences by Men’s (Un)Employment and Country. European Sociological Review.

Helen Kowalewska (2023). Gendered Employment Patterns: Women’s Labour Market Outcomes across 24 Countries. Journal of European Social Policy.

Helen Kowalewska (2021). Bringing Women on Board? Family Policies, Quotas and Gender Diversity in Top Jobs.. Work, Employment and Society.

Helen Kowalewska, Agnese Vitali (2021). Breadwinning or on the Breadline? Female Breadwinners’ Economic Characteristics across 20 Welfare States. Journal of European Social Policy.

Helen Kowalewska (2020). Bringing Women on Board: The Social Policy Implications of Gender Diversity in Top Jobs. Journal of Social Policy.

Helen Kowalewska, Agnese Vitali (2019). Work/Family Arrangements across the OECD: Incorporating the Female-Breadwinner Model.

Helen Kowalewska (2018). Ethnicity and Social Housing Allocation in England: An Exploratory Analysis of CORE. Report for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Helen Kowalewska (2017). Beyond the ‘Train-First’/‘Work-First’ Dichotomy: How Welfare States Help or Hinder Maternal Employment. Journal of European Social Policy.

Helen Kowalewska (2017). The Active Welfare State: Towards a Gender-Friendly Approach. University of Southampton.

Helen Kowalewska (2015). Diminishing Returns: Lone Mothers’ Work Incentives and Incomes under the Coalition. Social Policy and Society.