Olga Leshchenko

Unemployment and Well-being

Work is an essential activity in people's lives not only because it gives them financial security but also because it provides social contacts and brings a sense of meaning to life. What happens to health and well-being when an individual loses employment? How can normative and policy contexts mitigate the outcomes of job loss?

Flexible Work Outcomes

Flexible work can enhance individuals' work-life balance. Despite this potential, research shows that flexible work can lead to a higher work-life conflict, to working more paid hours and contributing more to domestic work. Which factors contribute to the adverse outcomes of flexible work? What is the role of work and gender norms across contexts?

Physical and Mental
Division of Domestic Work

Despite the rise in female employment, women not only do more physical housework and childcare but also participate more in planning and managing these activities (i.e., mental work). Which factors contribute to the unequal division of physical and mental load? How do differences in work hours, family composition and gender role attitudes change the arrangements?

Gender Inequality
at Work and Family

Across all my research, I analyse gender differences. Do men and women suffer differently from job loss? How does this vary across normative contexts? Are men suffering from job loss more in more traditional countries, and why? How do men and women differ in the use of flexible work? How can flexible working enhance gender equality at home and work?

Working Papers

Leshchenko O., Chung H. (2025) Telecommuting and Division of Domestic Work: the Role of Gender Role Attitudes in Germany. Under review. Link to preprint.

Leshchenko O. (2025) Flexible Scheduling and Work Hours: The Role of Flexibility Stigma and Gender across European Countries. In progress.

Hipp L., Leshchenko O., Sauermann A. (2025) Who shoulders the mental work? Evidence on the distribution of mental work in different-sex couples in Germany.

Leshchenko O., Heisig J.P. (2025) Public Gender Egalitarianism and Gender Differences in the Relationship between Unemployment and Well-Being: A Comparison of 26 European Countries. In progress.

Publications

Leshchenko O., Strauss S. (2025). Flexible working time arrangements and work-life conflict: The role of gender and housework. Journal of Family Research, 37, 205–226.

Piolatto M., Bashevska M., Leshchenko O., Remery C. and Strauss S. (2025) The gendered division of housework in times of COVID-19: The role of essential-worker status and work location. Journal of Family Studies.

Nemcok M., Bosancianu C. M., Leshchenko O. and Kluknavská A. (2023) Softening the corrective effect of populism: populist parties’ impact on political interest. West European Politics, 46(4), 760-787.

Leshchenko O. (2018) Life Trajectories and Emigrational Mood of Youth: Case of Ryazan Region. Business. Society. Power, 3(29), 131-138.

Sokolova A., Leshchenko O. (2017) Comparative Research of Trust Towards Healthcare. Statistical Methods for Analysis of the Economy and Society. 8th International Academic Conference for Students and Graduate Students. Reports of Conference. NRU HSE, 243–245.

Leshchenko O., Sokolova A. (2017) Institutional and Personal Trust to Healthcare: a Survey in Moscow. Meth- ods and Procedures of Sociological Research: Traditions and Innovations. Collection of Papers dedicated to the first dean of the Faculty of Sociology, Higher School of Economics, Alexander O. Kryshtanovsky / ed. by Oleg A. Oberemko. NRU HSE, 213–225.

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