Maternal employment and time investments in children

被引:13
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作者
Heiland, Frank [1 ]
Price, Joseph [2 ]
Wilson, Riley [3 ]
机构
[1] CUNY Grad Ctr, Sch Publ Affairs, Baruch Coll, CUNY Inst Demog Res,Econ Program, Box D-901,One Bernard Baruch Way, New York, NY 10010 USA
[2] Brigham Young Univ, Dept Econ, 162 FOB, Provo, UT 84602 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, Dept Econ, 3114 Tydings Hall, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Maternal employment; Mother-child interaction; Time use; WORK; CARE; OUTCOMES; QUALITY; FATHERS; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1007/s11150-014-9278-1
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the American Time Use Survey to estimate the effect of maternal employment on time spent with children. We find that each additional 10 h of maternal work reduces mother-child quality time interaction by about 7.5 % and time reading together by 8 %. This relationship between work and quality time does not vary much based on mothers' education and is robust to the inclusion of family or child fixed effects. There is no evidence that fathers or other relatives fill the gap in time investments due to maternal employment.
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页码:53 / 67
页数:15
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