Hours of Paid Work Among Single and Partnered Mothers in Australia: The Role of Child Care Packages. (February 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Hours of Paid Work Among Single and Partnered Mothers in Australia: The Role of Child Care Packages. (February 2016)
- Main Title:
- Hours of Paid Work Among Single and Partnered Mothers in Australia
- Authors:
- Brady, Michelle
Perales, Francisco - Abstract:
- Research has established that families in developed countries commonly combine multiple sources of child care. Yet, families' packages of child care and their effect on maternal labor force participation are underresearched, and the few existing empirical studies are primarily descriptive or use cross-sectional data. We add to the existing literature by theorizing and testing the relationships between family type, child care arrangements, and mothers' work hours using Australian panel data and panel regression models. We find that employed mothers of young children who use a mixed child care package complete more hours of paid work than do employed mothers of young children who use other child care packages, but the reasons for this association are different among single and partnered mothers. For single mothers the most important characteristic of mixed child care packages appears to be their flexibility, whereas for partnered mothers mixed child care increases employment hours by maximizing the hours of child care available to them.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of family issues. Volume 37:Number 3(2016)
- Journal:
- Journal of family issues
- Issue:
- Volume 37:Number 3(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 37, Issue 3 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0037-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 321
- Page End:
- 343
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Subjects:
- child care -- economic issues -- family policy -- gender and family -- work and family
Families -- United States -- Periodicals
Family -- Periodicals
306.8505 - Journal URLs:
- http://jfi.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0192513X14531416 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0192-513X
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