The Timing of Maternal Work and Time with Children

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3564112
AutoresJay Stewart (Bureau of Labor Statistics, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume64
Fascículo1
Páginas181-200
Data de publicação2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979391006400109
OpenAlexW3121399618
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas16

The author investigates how maternal employment affects when during the day that employed mothers engage in enriching childcare and whether they adjust their work schedules to spend time with their children at more-desirable times of day. Using data from the American Time Use Survey and focusing on mothers of pre-school-aged children, he finds that both full- and part-time employed mothers shift enriching childcare time from workdays to non-workdays. On workdays, full-time employed mothers shift enriching care time to evenings, whereas part-time employed mothers shift care time very little. The author finds no evidence that mothers working full time adjust their work schedules to spend enriching time with their children at more preferred times of day. In contrast, part-time employed mothers shift their work hours to later in the day in order to spend time with their children at more-desirable times of day

Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Full-time · Labour economics · Part-time employment · Time allocation · Time-out · Time-use survey · Work (physics · Work hours · Work time · Working hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges