2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Despite a large literature documenting the impact of childbearing on
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women''s wages, less understanding exists of the actual employment
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trajectories that mothers take and the circumstances surrounding
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different paths. We use sequence analysis to chart the entire employment
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trajectory for a diverse sample of U.S. women by race/ethnicity and
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nativity in the first year following childbirth. Using data from the
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1996-2008 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation and
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sample selection models, we find that women employed before childbirth
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show a high degree of labor market continuity. However, a notable share
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of them (24 \%) took less stable paths by dropping out or scaling back
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work. In addition, mothers'' attachment to the labor force is
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simultaneously supported by personal endowments and family resources yet
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constrained by economic hardship and job characteristics. Moreover,
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mothers'' employment patterns differ by race/ethnicity and nativity.
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Nonwhite women (blacks, Hispanics, and Asians) who were employed before
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childbirth exhibited greater labor market continuation than white women.
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For immigrant women, those with a shorter length of residence were more
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likely to curtail employment than native-born women, but those with
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longer duration of residence show greater labor force attachment. We
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discuss the implications of these findings for income inequality and
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public policy.'
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affiliation: 'Lu, Y (Corresponding Author), Columbia Univ, Dept Sociol, 606 W 122nd
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St, New York, NY 10027 USA.
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Lu, Yao, Columbia Univ, Dept Sociol, 606 W 122nd St, New York, NY 10027 USA.
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Wang, Julia Shu-Huah, Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social Work \& Social Adm, Pokfulam Rd,
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Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
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Han, Wen-Jui, New York Univ, Silver Sch Social Work, 1 Washington Sq North, New
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York, NY 10003 USA.'
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author: Lu, Yao and Wang, Julia Shu-Huah and Han, Wen-Jui
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author-email: yao.lu@columbia.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Lu
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given: Yao
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- family: Wang
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given: Julia Shu-Huah
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- family: Han
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given: Wen-Jui
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s13524-016-0541-3
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eissn: 1533-7790
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files: []
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issn: 0070-3370
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journal: DEMOGRAPHY
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keywords: Employment; Trajectory; Motherhood; Nativity; Race and ethnicity
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keywords-plus: 'UNITED-STATES; SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT WOMEN; ETHNIC VARIATIONS;
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WAGE PENALTY; LIFE-COURSE; CHILD-CARE; 1ST BIRTH; WORK; GENDER'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '80'
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orcid-numbers: Wang, Julia Shu-Huah/0000-0002-6128-8242
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pages: 93-118
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papis_id: 878e6b36a6ee0fb87b826838cab80f5d
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ref: Lu2017womensshortterm
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researcherid-numbers: Wang, Julia Shu-Huah/ABB-7928-2021
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times-cited: '43'
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title: 'Women''s Short-Term Employment Trajectories Following Birth: Patterns, Determinants,
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and Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity'
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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:000394328900005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '28'
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volume: '54'
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web-of-science-categories: Demography
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year: '2017'
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