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Effect of maternal education and employment on children’s educational attainment in Mexico
Human capital formation literature states that an individual’s educational attainment is primarily determined by parental education and other...
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Maternal Employment, Fathers’ Childcare Time and Children’s Wellbeing
In the last decades, fathers have become increasingly involved in the daily care of children (Kornrich & Furstenberg, 2013), mainly in couples where...
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Career-Breaks and Maternal Employment in CEE Countries
Post-birth career breaks and their impact on mothers’ labor market outcomes have received considerable attention in the literature. However, existing...
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Does Having More Children Affect Women’s Informal Employment Choices? Evidence from China
With the relaxation of the One-Child Policy in China, women are likely to face more conflicts between childcare and work. How to boost the fertility...
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Gender equality progress in a decade: health, education, and employment
Health, education and employment not only reflect women’s status, but also affect other dimensions of the status. This commentary reviews changes in...
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Gendered Parenthood-Employment Gaps from Midlife: A Demographic Perspective Across Three Different Welfare Systems
Women’s labor force participation has increased in Western countries, but gender gaps remain, especially among parents. Using a novel comparative...
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The Association Between Women's Education and Employment and Household Food Security in Afghanistan
Food insecurity persists in Afghanistan, with 24 million Afghans lacking sufficient food in 2022. Malnourishment affects over 7 million children and...
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Employment Insecurity and Material Deprivation in Families with Children in the Post-Great Recession Period: An Analysis for Spain and Portugal
The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between household employment insecurity and the risk of children's exposure to household...
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How do Maternal Nonstandard Work Schedules Affect Early Child Development? A Mediation Analysis
This study examined how the two dimensions of maternal nonstandard work schedules, namely working nonstandard hours and working weekend, influence...
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Double Disadvantage in a Nordic Welfare State: A Demographic Analysis of the Single-Parent Employment Gap in Finland, 1987–2018
This study demonstrates how an evolving negative educational gradient of single parenthood can interact with changing labour market conditions to...
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Term-Time Employment and the Long Transition to the Labor Market
Increasing educational participation rates in many countries have led to a delayed transition to full-time employment for young adults. As a result,...
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Introduction: Fertility and Social Inequalities in Migrant Populations: a Look at the Roles of Selection, Context of Reception, and Employment
This paper is the introduction to the Special Issue on “Fertility and social inequalities in migrant populations.” The Special Issue contains twelve...
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The Future of Fertility and Female Employment
In the context of traditional explanations of the relationship between female employment and fertility including Gary Becker’s New Home Economics...
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Maternal education and child malnutrition: evidence from selected West African countries
This paper investigates the effects of mother’s education on child malnutrition in selected West African countries; Ghana, Nigeria, and Ivory Coast....
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Recommendations for maternal mental health policy in India
Mental illnesses are a serious concern in India where every seventh person suffers from mental health problems—with women more affected than men....
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Maternal Age at First Birth and Parental Support: Evidence From the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Using nationally representative data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (n = 7396), we investigate whether the mother’s age at first birth is...
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Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Occupation and Under-Five Mortality: Empirical Evidence from 26 Develo** Countries
While greater female participation in the job market is seen as an effective way of achieving higher economic growth, some studies reveal that...
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Subjective Well-Being and Women’s Employment in Taiwan
This study examined the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB) and reproductive behaviors in Taiwanese women, specifically in terms of...
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Floods and maternal healthcare utilisation in Bangladesh
Floods are a common natural hazard in Bangladesh, and climate change is expected to further increase flooding frequency, magnitude and...
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Employment, Informal Sector Work, and Social Policy for Women of Pakistan
This chapter covers employment policy and formal sector inclusion policy for women of Pakistan. Reasons for low labor force participation of women...