Public Policies and the Employment of Mothers: A Cross-National Study

Janet Gornick, Katherin Ross Phillips (kross@ui.urban.org) and Marcia Meyers (mkm36@u.washington.edu)

No 140, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: This paper uses data from fourteen industrialized countries, during the middle to late 1980's, to analyze the effect of national child care and maternity leave policies on employment. The results demonstrate a strong association between policy configurations and the employment patterns of women with children.

Pages: 51 pages
Date: 1996-01
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Published in Social Science Quarterly, March 1998

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