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Title: Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice: Differences by Children's Age
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Leibowitz, Arleen A. Klerman, Jacob Alex Waite, Linda J. |
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Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice: Differences by Children's Age Journal of Human Resources 27,1 (Winter 1992): 112-133. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145914 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Child Care; Educational Attainment; Employment; Family Income; First Birth; Labor Force Participation; Maternal Employment; Mothers; Wages This paper examines the impact of the cost and availability of child care on the employment of women during the first two years following the birth of their first child. Using data from the NLSY, the authors examine the initial choice of child care after childbirth and test the hypothesis that the impact of cost and availability of child care depends on the child's age. Results indicate that: (1) regardless of the point in time at which mothers returned to work, about half of the women studied used relatives to care for their children; (2) the likelihood of working during the two year period decreased as family income increased; (3) living close to one's mother increased somewhat the probability of returning to work in the early post-partum period; and (4) the size of the child care tax credit was strongly and positively related to the likelihood of returning to work. |
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Leibowitz, Arleen A., Jacob Alex Klerman and Linda J. Waite. "Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice: Differences by Children's Age." Journal of Human Resources 27,1 (Winter 1992): 112-133.
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