Returning to work after childbirth: widening inequalities in women’s life courses
Authors: Stephanie Gaudet, Martin J. Cooke, and Joanna Jacob
Overview
Abstract (English)
In this paper we compare cohorts of mothers who had their first children between 1970 and 1999, in terms of their probability of beginning work shortly after childbearing. Using the 2001 General Social Survey, Cycle 15 on Family History, we investigate the effects of women’s socioeconomic characteristics on labor force withdrawal. Our discussion focuses on the analysis of the transition as a type of life course analysis. We underline the differentiation of the transition by cohorts, educational attainment, income, et cetera. We show that since the mid-1980s, mothers with low educational attainment are dramatically excluded from the labor market within the two years following the birth of their first child.
Abstract (French)
Dans cet article, nous e´tudions l’entre´e sur le marche´ du travail de mères qui ont eu leur premier enfant entre 1970 et 1999. Nous utilisons les donne´es re´trospectives de l’Enqueˆte sociale ge´ne´rale sur l’histoire familiale du cycle 15 (2001) afin d’analyser l’influence des caracte´ristiques socioe´conomiques des femmes qui se retirent du marche´ de l’emploi après avoir donne´ naissance. Nous analysons cette transition selon l’approche desparcours de vie. Notre analyse intercohorte permet de diffe´rencier cette transition selon le niveau d’e´ducation, le revenu, etc. On y remarque que depuis le milieu des anne´es 1980, les mères avec un faible niveau d’e´ducation sont exclues du marche´ de l’emploi durant les deux anne´es suivant la naissance de leur premier enfant.
Details
Type | Journal article |
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Author | Stephanie Gaudet, Martin J. Cooke, and Joanna Jacob |
Publication Year | 2011 |
Title | Returning to work after childbirth: widening inequalities in women’s life courses |
Volume | 48 |
Journal Name | Canadian Review of Sociology |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 153-180 |
Publication Language | English |
- Stephanie Gaudet
- Stephanie Gaudet, Martin J. Cooke, and Joanna Jacob
- Returning to work after childbirth: widening inequalities in women’s life courses
- Canadian Review of Sociology
- 48
- 2011
- 2
- 153-180