Every research source cited in Issue 01, with sample sizes, study methodologies, key findings, and verification URLs — the documentation layer behind the article.
The Source Register is the citation backbone of Issue 01, "The Redistribution of Women's Work." Each row is one of the sources referenced in the article, recorded with its full bibliographic data, the specific claim it supports, and a direct verification URL.
It is intended as a tool for readers who want to re-check our claims, for researchers who need to follow the citation trail, and for journalists picking up the issue's findings. Every quantitative claim in the article traces back to a row in this register.
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| footnote | integer | Citation number as referenced in the article. |
| short_citation | string | Short-form citation key (first-author / publishing body + topic). |
| authors_or_publisher | string | Author list (semicolon-separated) for academic sources; publishing body for institutional releases. |
| publication | string | Journal, working paper series, report title, or publishing institution. |
| publication_date | string | Date of publication, as published — usually month + year, occasionally specific. |
| methodology_or_design | string | Methodology classification — RCT, observational, survey, difference-in-differences, administrative-data analysis, etc. |
| sample_size_or_population | string | Sample size or population scope, as reported by the source. |
| cited_in_section | string | Article section where this source is cited (§01–§04). |
| article_use | string | The specific quantitative claim this source supports in the article. |
| source_url | URL | Direct link to the source, where publicly accessible. |
| notes | string | Optional caveats — generalizability limits, sample-skew notes, affiliations, methodological qualifications. |
| footnote | short_citation | authors_or_publisher | publication | publication_date | methodology_or_design | sample_size_or_population | cited_in_section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLS Employment Situation, April 2026 (information sector) | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | The Employment Situation — April 2026 (CES) | May 8, 2026 | Establishment survey (CES) | ~145,000 businesses | §01 |
| 2 | BLS Employment Situation, April 2026 (federal government) | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | The Employment Situation — April 2026 (CES) | May 8, 2026 | Establishment survey (CES) | ~145,000 businesses | §01 |
| 3 | Ding, Jin, Ma, Xing & Yang — Return to Office Mandates, Brain Drain and Gender Difference | Ding; Jin; Ma; Xing; Yang | SSRN Working Paper | Nov 23, 2024 (current version Oct 2025) | Difference-in-differences vs. matched peers | 3M+ workers, 54 S&P 500 firms | §01 |
| 4 | BLS American Time Use Survey 2024 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | American Time Use Survey 2024 release | June 26, 2025 | National time-use diary survey | Households with children under six | §02 |
| 5 | Bloom, Han, Liang — hybrid retention RCT | Bloom; Han; Liang | Nature 630 | June 2024 | Randomized controlled trial | 1,612 employees at Trip.com | §02 |
| 6 | Doering & Tilcsik — on-site bias | Doering; Tilcsik | Organization Science 36(2) | 2025 | Survey instrument (11 forms of discrimination) | 1,091 women in hybrid roles | §02 |
| 7 | McKinsey & LeanIn.Org — Women in the Workplace 2025 (flexibility stigma) | McKinsey & Company; LeanIn.Org | Women in the Workplace 2025 | December 2025 | Longitudinal study + employee survey | 124 orgs / ~9,500 survey responses | §02 |
| 8 | NPWF April 2026 Jobs Day analysis | National Partnership for Women & Families | Press release / jobs day analysis | May 8, 2026 | Analysis of BLS CPS data | National | §03 |
| 9 | CAP — Women Workers Are a Lifeline for the Economy | Center for American Progress | Analysis | May 2026 | Analysis of BLS data | National | §03 |
| 10 | Census, Income in the United States: 2024 (P60-286) | Guzman; Kollar | Current Population Reports (P60-286) | September 9, 2025 | CPS ASEC, Table A-7 | ~75,000 households | §03 |
Sources included in the register meet at least one of three thresholds: (1) peer-reviewed in a journal or large-conference proceeding; (2) working paper from a recognised research institution (NBER, SSRN, university-affiliated); or (3) institutional data release from a primary source (BLS, U.S. Census, OPM, GAO).
Where the article cites a quantitative claim, the register records the specific sample, methodology, and key finding as published — not our restatement of it. Where a claim is supported by more than one source, all supporting sources appear in the register with the same cited_in_section tag.
The register does not include sources cited only in passing without supporting a quantitative claim. Sample-skew, generalizability, and source-class qualifications are recorded in the notes column. Confidence bands on individual findings remain those reported in each underlying source.