abstract: 'This article explores two dimensions of well-being among five hundred

  finance managers and professionals in a large firm: higher income, which

  we regard as a proxy for career success, and work-family balance. These

  dimensions are partially incompatible: longer work hours are associated

  with higher earnings and with intensified conflict. Mothers are more

  likely than fathers to experience work-family conflict. Work that is

  over-whelming and unpredictable can exacerbate conflict, while workplace

  flexibility can alleviate it. Among men, using dependent care policies

  is associated with lower earnings. We find an earnings gap between men

  and women in the sample but no earnings penalty for mothers relative to

  other female respondents. Although women are less likely than men to

  combine parenting with careers at this firm, the mothers still at the

  firm may be unusually successful compared to their female coworkers.'
affiliation: 'Blair-Loy, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego,
  CA 92103 USA.

  Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 USA.

  Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164 USA.'
author: Blair-Loy, M and Wharton, AS
author_list:
- family: Blair-Loy
  given: M
- family: Wharton
  given: AS
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0002716204268820
files: []
issn: 0002-7162
journal: ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
keywords: work-family conflict; gender and work; income; inequality
keywords-plus: WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT; EMPLOYMENT; MARRIAGE; COUPLES; PENALTY; TIME;
  WIFE
language: English
month: NOV
number-of-cited-references: '39'
pages: 151-171
papis_id: d0e58d991d70a414e5a62dec3f3b9fcb
ref: Blairloy2004mothersfinance
times-cited: '27'
title: 'Mothers in finance: Surviving and thriving'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000224329200008
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '596'
web-of-science-categories: Political Science; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2004'