Maternal employment and time investments in children

Frank Heiland (), Joseph Price () and Riley Wilson
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Joseph Price: Brigham Young University

Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, vol. 15, issue 1, No 3, 53-67

Abstract: Abstract We use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the American Time Use Survey to estimate the effect of maternal employment on time spent with children. We find that each additional 10 h of maternal work reduces mother–child quality time interaction by about 7.5 % and time reading together by 8 %. This relationship between work and quality time does not vary much based on mothers’ education and is robust to the inclusion of family or child fixed effects. There is no evidence that fathers or other relatives fill the gap in time investments due to maternal employment.

Keywords: Maternal employment; Mother–child interaction; Time use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-014-9278-1

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