Kohl

Noreen Kohl

PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Chapter Member: Hawaii SSN

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About Noreen

Kohl's research focuses on social inequalities related to the criminal justice system as well as on issues related to health and wellbeing.

Contributions

Why Hawai'i's Families and Businesses Would Benefit from a New Paid Family Leave Law

  • Noreen Kohl
  • Ivette Rodriquez Stern

In the News

"A Demand To End Anti-Black Racism," Omar Bird (with Nathalie Rita, Noreen Kohl, Katherine Irwin, and Nandita Sharma), Civil Beat, June 17, 2020.

Publications

"Does the Health of Adult Child Caregivers Vary by Employment Status in the United States?" (with Noreen Kohl, Krysia N. Mossakowski, Ivan I. Sanidad, and Lawrence H. Nitz). Journal of Aging and Health 31, no. 9 (2019): 1631–1651.

Investigates whether the health effects of informal caregiving for aging parents vary by employment status in the United States. Finds statistically significant interaction between caregiving duration and employment, indicating that employed caregivers had significantly worse health than retired caregivers. Caregiving duration also predicted significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms.

"Paid Family Leave: Benefiting Hawaiʻi Businesses and the Economy," (with Ivette Rodriquez Stern and Noreen Kohl), University of Hawai‘i, Center on the Family, 2017.

Shows how a paid family leave policy in Hawaii could benefit the local businesses and the state economy.

"Paid Family Leave: Benefiting Businesses and the Economy" (with Ivette R. Stern and K.T. Guaci). University of Hawai‘i, Center on the Family (2017).

Shows how a paid family leave policy in Hawaii could benefit the local businesses and the state economy.