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A dynamic analysis of women’s employment exits

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Diane H. Felmlee
Demography (1984) 21 (2): 171–183.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061037
Published: 01 May 1984
...Diane H. Felmlee Abstract This research examines women’s rates of leaving a job to become nonemployed (unemployed or out of the labor force) using a stochastic, continuous-time model. The data consist of employment histories of white women constructed from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young...
View articletitled, A dynamic analysis of <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> <span class="search-highlight">employment</span> exits View PDF for article titled, A dynamic analysis of <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> <span class="search-highlight">employment</span> exits
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Does the Impact of Motherhood on Women's Employment and Wages Differ for Women Who Plan Their Transition Into Motherhood?

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Jonathan Marc Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Kristen Lagasse Burke, Selena Anjur-Dietrich
Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1301–1325.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9295218
Published: 01 August 2021
...Jonathan Marc Bearak; Anna Popinchalk; Kristen Lagasse Burke; Selena Anjur-Dietrich Abstract Women's ability to control their fertility through contraception and abortion has been shown to contribute to improvements in education and employment. At the same time, their employment and wages decline...
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View articletitled, Does the Impact of Motherhood on <span class="search-highlight">Women&#x27;s</span> <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> and Wages Differ for <span class="search-highlight">Women</span> Who Plan Their Transition Into Motherhood? View PDF for article titled, Does the Impact of Motherhood on <span class="search-highlight">Women&#x27;s</span> <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> and Wages Differ for <span class="search-highlight">Women</span> Who Plan Their Transition Into Motherhood?
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Occupational Inflexibility and Women's Employment During the Transition to Parenthood

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Patrick Ishizuka, Kelly Musick
Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1249–1274.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9373598
Published: 01 August 2021
... post-birth. These associations are small in magnitude and not statistically significant for men, and placebo regressions with childless women show no associations between occupational inflexibility and subsequent employment. Results illustrate how individual employment decisions are jointly constrained...
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View articletitled, Occupational Inflexibility and <span class="search-highlight">Women&#x27;s</span> <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> During the Transition to Parenthood View PDF for article titled, Occupational Inflexibility and <span class="search-highlight">Women&#x27;s</span> <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> During the Transition to Parenthood
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A cross-national comparison of the impact of family migration on women’s employment status

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Paul Boyle, Thomas J. Cooke, Keith Halfacree, Darren Smith
Demography (2001) 38 (2): 201–213.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2001.0012
Published: 01 May 2001
...Paul Boyle; Thomas J. Cooke; Keith Halfacree; Darren Smith Abstract In this paper we consider the effects of family migration on women’s employment status, using census microdata from Great Britain and the United States. We test a simple hypothesis that families tend to move long distances in favor...
View articletitled, A cross-national comparison of the impact of family migration on <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> <span class="search-highlight">employment</span> status View PDF for article titled, A cross-national comparison of the impact of family migration on <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> <span class="search-highlight">employment</span> status
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Fig. 3 Married women's employment odds by presence of children and mobility status: Hierarchical binomial logistic regression results. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011–2015 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample provided by the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS).

Married women's employment odds by presence of children and mobility status...

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in Are States Created Equal? Moving to a State With More Expensive Childcare Reduces Mothers' Odds of Employment > Demography
Published: 01 April 2021
Fig. 3 Married women's employment odds by presence of children and mobility status: Hierarchical binomial logistic regression results . Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011–2015 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample provided by the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS). More
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Model and counterfactual TFR, holding women’s employment constant at 1980s values. % Married (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital status model. TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital fertility model. % Married and TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in both the marital status and marital fertility models

Model and counterfactual TFR, holding women’s employment constant at 1980s ...

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in Unemployment, Nonstandard Employment, and Fertility: Insights From Japan’s “Lost 20 Years” > Demography
Published: 02 October 2017
Fig. 3 Model and counterfactual TFR, holding women’s employment constant at 1980s values. % Married (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital status model. TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s More
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Model and counterfactual TFR, holding men’s and women’s employment constant at 1980s values. % Married (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding men’s and women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital status model. TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding men’s and women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital fertility model. % Married and TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding men’s and women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in both the marital status and marital fertility models

Model and counterfactual TFR, holding men’s and women’s employment constant...

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in Unemployment, Nonstandard Employment, and Fertility: Insights From Japan’s “Lost 20 Years” > Demography
Published: 02 October 2017
Fig. 4 Model and counterfactual TFR, holding men’s and women’s employment constant at 1980s values. % Married (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding men’s and women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital status model. TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated More
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Changes in women’s postmarital employment in Japan and Taiwan

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Wei-Hsin Yu
Demography (2005) 42 (4): 693–717.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2005.0039
Published: 01 November 2005
...Wei-Hsin Yu Abstract Research on female labor-force participation has not fully explained why economic development has different effects on married women’s employment continuity across societies. I use life-history data from nationally representative samples of women in Japan and Taiwan to examine...
View articletitled, Changes in <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> postmarital <span class="search-highlight">employment</span> in Japan and Taiwan View PDF for article titled, Changes in <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> postmarital <span class="search-highlight">employment</span> in Japan and Taiwan
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Employment gains and wage declines: The erosion of black women’s relative wages since 1980

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Becky Pettit, Stephanie Ewert
Demography (2009) 46 (3): 469–492.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0061
Published: 01 August 2009
... fortunes of many American women. By the early 1980s, some scholars proclaimed near equity in pay between black and white women, particularly among young and highly skilled workers. More recent policy initiatives and labor market conditions have been arguably less progressive for black women’s employment...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> gains and wage declines: The erosion of black <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> relative wages since 1980 View PDF for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> gains and wage declines: The erosion of black <span class="search-highlight">women’s</span> relative wages since 1980
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The Long-Term Costs of Family Trajectories: Women’s Later-Life Employment and Earnings Across Europe

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Joanne S. Muller, Nicole Hiekel, Aart C. Liefbroer
Demography (2020) 57 (3): 1007–1034.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-020-00874-8
Published: 23 April 2020
.... In addition, whether family choices have consequences for women’s employment and earnings in later life is not well known, particularly in a comparative perspective. Using data on 50- to 59-year-old women from the Generations and Gender Programme, the British Household Panel Survey, and SHARELIFE for 22...
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View articletitled, The Long-Term Costs of Family Trajectories: <span class="search-highlight">Women’s</span> Later-Life <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> and Earnings Across Europe View PDF for article titled, The Long-Term Costs of Family Trajectories: <span class="search-highlight">Women’s</span> Later-Life <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> and Earnings Across Europe
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Women’s Short-Term Employment Trajectories Following Birth: Patterns, Determinants, and Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity

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Yao Lu, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Wen-Jui Han
Demography (2017) 54 (1): 93–118.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0541-3
Published: 04 January 2017
...Yao Lu; Julia Shu-Huah Wang; Wen-Jui Han Abstract Despite a large literature documenting the impact of childbearing on women’s wages, less understanding exists of the actual employment trajectories that mothers take and the circumstances surrounding different paths. We use sequence analysis...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Women’s</span> Short-Term <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> Trajectories Following Birth: Patterns, Determinants, and Variations by Race&#x2F;Ethnicity and Nativity View PDF for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Women’s</span> Short-Term <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> Trajectories Following Birth: Patterns, Determinants, and Variations by Race&#x2F;Ethnicity and Nativity
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Fig. 2 Difference between women's and men's full-time employment rates in 2020 and 2019

Difference between women's and men's full-time employment rates in 2020 and...

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in Research Note: Gender Differences in Employment During the COVID-19 Epidemic > Demography
Published: 01 February 2022
Fig. 2 Difference between women's and men's full-time employment rates in 2020 and 2019 More
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Opting Out and Leaning In: The Life Course Employment Profiles of Early Baby Boom Women in the United States

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Javier García-Manglano
Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1961–1993.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0438-6
Published: 21 October 2015
...Javier García-Manglano Abstract Most literature on female employment focuses on the intersection between women’s labor supply and family events such as marriage, divorce, or childbearing. Even when using longitudinal data and methods, most studies estimate average net effects over time and assume...
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View articletitled, Opting Out and Leaning In: The Life Course <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> Profiles of Early Baby Boom <span class="search-highlight">Women</span> in the United States View PDF for article titled, Opting Out and Leaning In: The Life Course <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> Profiles of Early Baby Boom <span class="search-highlight">Women</span> in the United States
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Employment and the Use of Birth Control by Sexually Active Single Hispanic, Black, and White Women

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Joan Marie Kraft, James E. Coverdill
Demography (1994) 31 (4): 593–602.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061793
Published: 01 November 1994
... shape the birth control practices of women in their late teens and twenties. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Force Experiences — Youth Cohort provide evidence that employment histories and wages influence birth control practices, net of the effects of family background, aspirations...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> and the Use of Birth Control by Sexually Active Single Hispanic, Black, and White <span class="search-highlight">Women</span> View PDF for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> and the Use of Birth Control by Sexually Active Single Hispanic, Black, and White <span class="search-highlight">Women</span>
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Women’s Work Pathways Across the Life Course

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Sarah Damaske, Adrianne Frech
Demography (2016) 53 (2): 365–391.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0464-z
Published: 21 March 2016
...Sarah Damaske; Adrianne Frech Abstract Despite numerous changes in women’s employment in the latter half of the twentieth century, women’s employment continues to be uneven and stalled. Drawing from data on women’s weekly work hours in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), we identify...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Women’s</span> Work Pathways Across the Life Course View PDF for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Women’s</span> Work Pathways Across the Life Course
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Changes in Couples' Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality

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Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Christine R. Schwartz, Kelly Musick
Demography (2021) 58 (3): 1093–1117.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9160055
Published: 01 June 2021
...Pilar Gonalons-Pons; Christine R. Schwartz; Kelly Musick Abstract The growing economic similarity of spouses has contributed to rising income inequality across households. Explanations have typically centered on assortative mating, but recent work has argued that changes in women's employment...
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View articletitled, Changes in Couples' Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality View PDF for article titled, Changes in Couples' Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality
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Research Note: Gender Differences in Employment During the COVID-19 Epidemic

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Andrés Villarreal, Wei-hsin Yu
Demography (2022) 59 (1): 13–26.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9710353
Published: 01 February 2022
...Fig. 2 Difference between women's and men's full-time employment rates in 2020 and 2019 ...
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View articletitled, Research Note: Gender Differences in <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> During the COVID-19 Epidemic View PDF for article titled, Research Note: Gender Differences in <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> During the COVID-19 Epidemic
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Ethnic Variations in Immigrant Poverty Exit and Female Employment: The Missing Link

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Lisa Kaida
Demography (2015) 52 (2): 485–511.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0371-8
Published: 26 February 2015
...Lisa Kaida Abstract Despite widespread interest in poverty among recent immigrants and female immigrant employment, research on the link between the two is limited. This study evaluates the effect of recently arrived immigrant women’s employment on the exit from family poverty and considers...
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View articletitled, Ethnic Variations in Immigrant Poverty Exit and Female <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span>: The Missing Link View PDF for article titled, Ethnic Variations in Immigrant Poverty Exit and Female <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span>: The Missing Link
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Unemployment, Nonstandard Employment, and Fertility: Insights From Japan’s “Lost 20 Years”

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James M. Raymo, Akihisa Shibata
Demography (2017) 54 (6): 2301–2329.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0614-y
Published: 02 October 2017
...Fig. 3 Model and counterfactual TFR, holding women’s employment constant at 1980s values. % Married (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s employment characteristics constant at their 1980s values in the marital status model. TMFR (1980s) is the TFR calculated by holding women’s...
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View articletitled, Unemployment, Nonstandard <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span>, and Fertility: Insights From Japan’s “Lost 20 Years” View PDF for article titled, Unemployment, Nonstandard <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span>, and Fertility: Insights From Japan’s “Lost 20 Years”
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Employment Patterns of Less-Skilled Workers: Links to Children’s Behavior and Academic Progress

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Rucker C. Johnson, Ariel Kalil, Rachel E. Dunifon
Demography (2012) 49 (2): 747–772.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-011-0086-4
Published: 14 January 2012
...Rucker C. Johnson; Ariel Kalil; Rachel E. Dunifon Abstract Using data from five waves of the Women’s Employment Survey (WES; 1997–2003), we examine the links between low-income mothers’ employment patterns and the emotional behavior and academic progress of their children. We find robust...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> Patterns of Less-Skilled Workers: Links to Children’s Behavior and Academic Progress View PDF for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Employment</span> Patterns of Less-Skilled Workers: Links to Children’s Behavior and Academic Progress
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