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

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

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    "Landivar addresses the motivations and economic outcomes of women who choose to leave their jobs and care for their children full-time. She shows that the motherhood wage gap is not equal across occupations. She compares employment patterns and childcare choices among lower-paid workers and higher-paid professionals, looking at factors such as work hours, earnings, race, ethnicity, educational attainment, and children{u2019}s ages. She demonstrates that women in higher-paid managerial and professional occupations are more likely to remain employed when they have young children. The book contains about 20 pages of statistical appendices on occupation categories, fathers and child care, and women{u2019}s earnings."--Provided by publisher.
    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
    Other standard number
    • 40027297070
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