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Author: Desai, Sonalde
Resulting in 7 citations.
1. Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Michael, Robert T.
Desai, Sonalde
Impact of Early Maternal Employment on Children's Development: The Role of the Home Environment
Working Paper, Department of Educational Seminar Series, The University of Chicago, June 1991
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: University of Chicago
Keyword(s): Child Development; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Maternal Employment; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)

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Bibliography Citation
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Robert T. Michael and Sonalde Desai. "Impact of Early Maternal Employment on Children's Development: The Role of the Home Environment." Working Paper, Department of Educational Seminar Series, The University of Chicago, June 1991.
2. Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Michael, Robert T.
Desai, Sonalde
Maternal Employment During Infancy: An Analysis of "Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)"
In: Employed Mothers and their Children. J.V. Lerner and N.L. Galambos, eds. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1991
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Garland Publishing, Inc.
Keyword(s): Children; Employment; General Assessment; Maternal Employment; Mothers; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Women

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Bibliography Citation
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Robert T. Michael and Sonalde Desai. "Maternal Employment During Infancy: An Analysis of "Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)"" In: Employed Mothers and their Children. J.V. Lerner and N.L. Galambos, eds. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1991
3. Desai, Sonalde
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Mother or Market? Effects of Maternal Employment on the Intellectual Ability of 4-Year-Old Children
Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1988
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Development; Children; Employment; Family Income; Gender Differences; General Assessment; Maternal Employment; Mothers; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Bibliography Citation
Desai, Sonalde and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. "Mother or Market? Effects of Maternal Employment on the Intellectual Ability of 4-Year-Old Children." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1988.
4. Desai, Sonalde
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Michael, Robert T.
Mother or Market? Effects of Maternal Employment on Cognitive Development of Four-Year-Old Children
Demography 26,4 (November 1989): 545-561.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k612587ln0x288n4/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Development; Children; Employment; Family Income; Gender Differences; General Assessment; Maternal Employment; Mothers; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper is a first report on a project investigating the influence of maternal employment on the cognitive and social development of young children. The data set analyzed is the newly available "Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth," a 1986 survey of the 5,000 biological offspring of the females in the NLSY data set. The paper focuses on the cognitive development of the four-year-old children, of whom there are 585. Demographic, economic, and social background factors are controlled in the analysis of relationships among maternal employment, child care, and the child's test score on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT).
Bibliography Citation
Desai, Sonalde, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Robert T. Michael. "Mother or Market? Effects of Maternal Employment on Cognitive Development of Four-Year-Old Children." Demography 26,4 (November 1989): 545-561.
5. Desai, Sonalde
Michael, Robert T.
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Exploring the Mechanisms through which Employment Affects Women's Childrearing Practices
Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Bias Decomposition; Child Care; Child Development; Childbearing; Children; General Assessment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Composition; Maternal Employment; Mothers

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Using data from the Children of the NLSY, this paper examines the effect of employment on emotional support and cognitive stimulation provided by mothers to their preschool age children. Measures of childrearing practices are based on mother reports as well as interviewer observations, from a short form of HOME [Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment]. The results suggest that mother's cognitive stimulation of the children seems to suffer substantially when the mother is employed, but only in the households with middle or higher levels of income. Moreover and conversely, mother's emotional support of children appears to be greater when the mother is employed, but only in the households with lower levels of income.
Bibliography Citation
Desai, Sonalde, Robert T. Michael and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. "Exploring the Mechanisms through which Employment Affects Women's Childrearing Practices." Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990.
6. Desai, Sonalde
Michael, Robert T.
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Home Environment: A Mechanism through which Maternal Employment Affects Child Development
Working Paper No. 20, The Population Council, New York, 1990
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Development; Children, Academic Development; Children, Home Environment; Family Income; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Maternal Employment; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Also: Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990

This paper argues that seeking a simple, universal effect of maternal employment on the welfare of very young children is not a fruitful strategy. Instead, it suggests that: (1) maternal employment affects children through a variety of mechanisms, some positive and others negative; and (2) the consequences of maternal employment depend on the family's socioeconomic circumstances and the social context. Using data on pre-school aged children in the U.S. from the Children of the NLSY, the paper examines the impact of maternal employment on children's verbal abilities in different family economic contexts. The results indicate that while maternal absence and alternate child care arrangements have some negative impact on children's verbal ability (particularly for boys), in low-income families this negative impact is compensated to a large extent by the positive impact of maternal income and the improved quality of children's home environment which that income can buy.

Bibliography Citation
Desai, Sonalde, Robert T. Michael and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. "Home Environment: A Mechanism through which Maternal Employment Affects Child Development." Working Paper No. 20, The Population Council, New York, 1990.
7. Desai, Sonalde
Waite, Linda J.
Women's Employment During Pregnancy and After the First Birth: Occupational Characteristics and Work Commitment
American Sociological Review 56,4 (August 1991): 551-556.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2096274
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Employment; Family Constraints; First Birth; Labor Force Participation; Maternal Employment; Occupational Segregation; Occupations; Occupations, Female; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Women; Work Attitudes; Work History

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An investigation of the hypothesis that women choose primarily female occupations because such jobs make it relatively easy & cost-free to withdraw from the labor force during the 2 years immediately following the first pregnancy, the time of greatest psychological & physical strains on working women. Data were obtained from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth on a sample of 1,055 US women interviewed in 1979 & 1985 who had a first birth during that time period, & were employed at least 20 hours/week during & following pregnancy. Event-history analyses reveal no effect of occupational sex composition on the likelihood that recent mothers are employed. Occupational characteristics that raise labor force withdrawal costs (eg, high education, wages, job-specific training) & nonmonetary occupational characteristics decrease the probability of women's withdrawal from work. While all women are found to respond to withdrawal costs, women with low work commitment also respond to financial pressure & convenience of the work setting. 4 Tables, 2 Figures, 39 References. Adapted from the source document. (Copyright 1991, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
Bibliography Citation
Desai, Sonalde and Linda J. Waite. "Women's Employment During Pregnancy and After the First Birth: Occupational Characteristics and Work Commitment." American Sociological Review 56,4 (August 1991): 551-556.