abstract: 'BACKGROUND

  Couples tend to move house around first childbirth and often into

  suburban or rural neighbourhoods, conforming to the normative belief

  that children should grow up in a `proper family home.'' Such moves are

  likely to increase housing costs and both partners might need to

  contribute to the household income. But the move might also necessitate

  long commutes, inhibiting mothers'' labour force participation. If the

  family sphere is more salient for (prospective) mothers, they might

  accept a remote location for its family-friendly environment but also

  because they are not planning a rapid return to work.

  OBJECTIVE

  This article analyses the influence of moving around first childbirth on

  the timing of mothers'' transitions into employment after childbirth.

  METHODS

  Event history methods are used on longitudinal data from the German

  Socio-Economic Panel 1999-2014 (N = 1334 first-time mothers).

  RESULTS

  Limited evidence was found for the hypothesis that moving around first

  childbirth accelerates mothers'' labour market (re-)entry: moving for

  homeownership increased the entry rate into full-time employment for

  mothers with low earnings potential. Strong evidence was found for the

  hypothesis that moving around first childbirth impedes mothers''

  employment, particularly hampering entering part-time jobs, the domain

  of working mothers in Germany and other countries.

  CONCLUSION

  Moving for family nest-building seems to place mothers in unfavourable

  structural positions for employment.

  CONTRIBUTION

  This article shows that social inequalities among women and within

  households as well as the persistence of gendered life courses can be

  reinforced through processes of family migration.'
affiliation: 'Kley, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

  Kley, Stefanie, Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

  Drobnic, Sonja, Univ Bremen, Bremen, Germany.'
article-number: '7'
author: Kley, Stefanie and Drobnic, Sonja
author-email: 'stefanie.kley@uni-hamburg.de

  sonja.drobnic@bigsss.uni\_bremen.de'
author_list:
- family: Kley
  given: Stefanie
- family: Drobnic
  given: Sonja
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.7
files: []
issn: 1435-9871
journal: DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
keywords-plus: 'LIFE-COURSE; UNITED-STATES; EMPLOYMENT INTERRUPTIONS; WEST-GERMANY;

  MIGRATION; GENDER; WORK; TIME; TRANSITIONS; CHILDBIRTH'
language: English
month: JAN 24
number-of-cited-references: '66'
orcid-numbers: 'Drobnic, Sonja/0000-0002-7007-879X

  Kley, Stefanie/0000-0003-3400-7799'
pages: 155-183
papis_id: 25e2323bbf659f47f22b150ee400ddda
ref: Kley2019doesmoving
researcherid-numbers: 'Drobnic, Sonja/A-2523-2017

  '
times-cited: '6'
title: Does moving for family nest-building inhibit mothers' labour force (re-)entry?
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000456469700001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '40'
web-of-science-categories: Demography
year: '2019'