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Michael Bittman
BA UNSW PhD RMIT
Honorary Research Associate

Tel: (02) 6773 2896
Fax: (02) 6773 3748
Email: michael.bittman@une.edu.au

Postal Address:
Professor Michael Bittman
(Room 143, Building E11)
Department of Sociology
University of New England
Armidale,
NSW 2351

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Michael Bittman has taken up a Professorial Fellowship at the University of New England and commenced his position as of the 14th February 2005. Michael will continue his association with the Social Policy Research Centre as an Honorary Research Associate. Michael Bittman is an expert on collection and analysis of time-use statistics. His research interests include social policy and social change; family dynamics; time spent in unpaid work (especially caring for others), trends in working hours; and the distribution of leisure. Current projects include a study of how income affects time spent unpaid work, research on the effects non-parental child care on parenting, measuring social participation and using time-diaries to identify the needs of carers.

Recent Books and Journal Articles

Bittman, M., P. England, L. Sayer, N. Folbre and G. Matheson (2003), 'When does gender trump money? Bargaining and time in household work'
American Journal of Sociology, 109: 186-214.
Bittman, M. and J. M. Rice (2002) 'The spectre of overwork: an analysis of trends between 1974 and 1997 using Australia time-use diaries', Labour and Industry, 12, 3, 5-25.
Bittman, M and J. Wajcman, (2000) 'The rush hour: the character of leisure time and gender equity', Social Forces, 79, 1, 165-189.
Bittman, M. (1999) 'Parenthood without penalty: time use and public policy in Australia and Finland', Feminist Economics, 5, 3, 27-42.
Bittman, M., G. Matheson and G. Meagher, (1999) 'The changing boundary between home and market: Australian trends in outsourcing domestic labour', Work, Employment and Society, 13, 249-73.

Recent Book Chapters

Bittman, M. (2001), Entry on 'Gender and Family' in revised edition of N. Smelser and P.Bates (Editors-in-Chief) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavorial Sciences, Elsevier Science, Oxford Vol 8, pp. 5286-90.
Bittman, M. (2000), 'An International Perspective to Collecting Time-Use Data' in National Research Council Time-Use Measurement and Research: Report of Workshop, (Committee on National Statistics) Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, pp. 86-87.
Bittman, M. and C. Thomson (2000), 'Invisible Support: The determinants of time spent in informal care' in J. Warburton and M. Oppenheimer (eds.) Volunteers and Volunteering, Federation Press, Sydney, pp.98-112.

Recent Consultancy Reports

Bittman, M., M. Flick and J.M. Rice, The Recruitment of Older Australian Workers: A Survey of Employers in a High Growth Industry. Prepared for Department of Family and Community Services, December 2001. PDF
Flick, M., M. Bittman and J.M. Rice, The Community's Most Valuable [Hidden] Asset -Volunteering in Australia. Prepared for Department of Family and Community Services, 2002.

Recent Discussion Papers

Wilkinson, J. and M. Bittman (2002), Volunteering: The Human Face of Democracy, SPRC Discussion Paper No.114, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney. PDF

Current research projects

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