2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Given increasing maternal labour-market participation in many European
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countries, there is an ongoing scientific and public debate on the
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potential consequences for children''s development. Previous research has
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used both cross-sectional measures of maternal employment at a
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particular age of the child and measures capturing maternal employment
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history. Whereas the former approach cannot capture the cumulative
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impact of maternal employment on developmental outcomes, studies
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following the second approach have so far not accounted for the
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possibility that mothers may repeatedly change their labour-force
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participation in response to their children''s development or other
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dynamic context factors that are themselves affecting developmental
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outcomes.
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The present study combines statistical techniques that can account for
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time-varying confounders with cumulative measurement of maternal
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employment to investigate its link with children''s behavioural problems
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around age eight. In addition, our study explores whether the effect of
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maternal employment history differs by mothers'' education. Using data
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from the Growing Up in Scotland study, we find that children''s
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behavioural problems around age eight are the less pronounced the more
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years their mothers have worked full-time or part-time. However, these
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associations reduced in size once we adjusted for potential confounders
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and they do not significantly differ between mothers with and without a
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tertiary degree. These results suggest that the association between
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maternal employment history and behavioural problems around age eight is
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mostly driven by confounding factors such as maternal education, child
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health and socio-economic status.'
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affiliation: 'Jacob, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Jacob, Marita; Kuehhirt, Michael, Univ Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Kuehhirt, Michael, Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.'
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author: Jacob, Marita and Kuehhirt, Michael
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author-email: 'marita.jacob@uni-koeln.de
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michael.kuehhirt@uni-koeln.de'
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author_list:
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- family: Jacob
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given: Marita
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- family: Kuehhirt
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given: Michael
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1332/175795920X16057278409033
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files: []
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issn: 1757-9597
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journal: LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES
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keywords: 'maternal employment; socio-emotional development; child behaviour;
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Scotland'
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keywords-plus: 'MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; CONCENTRATED DISADVANTAGE; EXPOSURE; IMPACT;
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WORK;
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RISK'
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '38'
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orcid-numbers: 'Kühhirt, Michael/0000-0001-9503-0488
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Jacob, Marita/0000-0002-2674-568X'
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pages: 551-571
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papis_id: a7c4fda9139ea627ca3029af2f64ca1a
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ref: Jacob2021mothersemployment
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researcherid-numbers: 'Kühhirt, Michael/J-3467-2015
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Jacob, Marita/AAY-8735-2021'
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times-cited: '1'
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title: 'Mothers'' employment and child behaviour: new evidence for Scotland'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000721724800005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '12'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Social Sciences,
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Interdisciplinary'
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year: '2021'
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