Mothers at work : who opts out? / Liana Christin Landivar.

Author
Landivar, Liana Christin [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.
Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • The opt-out narrative
  • Changes in employment policies and cultural attitudes
  • Employed mothers become the norm
  • Doctors or dishwashers? A look at who opts out
  • Opting to stay : schedule flexibility and reduced work hours
  • Does age matter?
  • The motherhood wage gap and delayed fertility
  • Looking at the big picture
  • Appendixes
  • A: Occupation categories
  • B: Descriptive statistics
  • C: What about fathers?
  • D: Occupation coefficients
  • E: Women's earnings
  • F: Data sources
  • References.
ISBN
  • 9781626376410 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
  • 1626376417 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016047665
OCLC
961002432
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