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Title: How Well Do Parents With Young Children Combine Work and Family Life?
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1. Ruhm, Christopher J.
How Well Do Parents With Young Children Combine Work and Family Life?
NBER Working Paper No. 10247, National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2004.
Also: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10247.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Keyword(s): Child Care; Maternal Employment; Work History

This study examines trends in labor force involvement, household structure, and some activities that may complicate the efforts of parents with young children to balance work and family life. Next I consider whether employer policies mitigate or exacerbate these difficulties and, since the policies adopted in the United States diverge dramatically from those in many other industrialized countries, provide some international comparisons before speculating on possible sources and effects of the differences.
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Ruhm, Christopher J. "How Well Do Parents With Young Children Combine Work and Family Life?." NBER Working Paper No. 10247, National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2004.