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Title: Racial Variation in the Effect of Motherhood on Women's Employment: Temporary or Enduring Effect?
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Florian, Sandra M. |
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Racial Variation in the Effect of Motherhood on Women's Employment: Temporary or Enduring Effect? Social Science Research 73 (July 2018): 80-91. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17305938 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Motherhood; Racial Differences; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty; Work Experience Part of the motherhood wage penalty results from mothers' loss of work experience, yet little research has investigated whether this loss is temporary or accumulates over time. Using growth curve models and data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (1979), I examine the extent to which motherhood reduces work experience over the life course among White, Black, and Hispanic women. Results indicate that motherhood slows the accretion of experience in full-time work for all racial-ethnic groups, having an enduring effect on women's employment. The effect is stronger among Whites and mothers with two or more children, remaining sizeable as women approach retirement age. By age 50, White and Hispanic mothers with two or more children exhibit between two to seven fewer years of experience in full-time employment. Among Blacks, only mothers with three or more children experience a significant reduction, averaging five fewer years of experience in full-time work. |
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Florian, Sandra M. "Racial Variation in the Effect of Motherhood on Women's Employment: Temporary or Enduring Effect?" Social Science Research 73 (July 2018): 80-91.
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