Maternal labor supply and children's cognitive development
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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data for 1986 are used to analyze causality between maternal employment and their children's cognitive development. Studies of three- and four-year olds show that the negative effects of maternal deprivation during the first year are offset by gains in subsequent years. Thus, maternal employment has no net effect on children's cognitive ability. However, heterogeneity in child quality production among employed and unemployed mothers is an unresolved issue. The study has important implications for alternative care and parent leave policies.
Publication Name: Review of Economics and Statistics
Subject: Mathematics
ISSN: 0034-6535
Year: 1992
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A logit decomposition analysis of occupational segregation: results for the 1970s and 1980s
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Multinomial logit models of occupational segregation by race and sex were estimated for 1973, 1979, 1983 and 1989. The estimations were used to decompose race and sex segregation into two 'pure' components of race and sex, and the components connected to race and sex distribution of age, education, public sector employment and residence. Results for the 1970s and 1980s were presented, and indicate that controlling for education increased occupational segregation by gender within occupational categories in the 1980s.
Publication Name: Review of Economics and Statistics
Subject: Mathematics
ISSN: 0034-6535
Year: 1996
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Black-white earnings over the 1970s and 1980s: gender differences in trends
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Trends in black-white annual earnings differentials by gender are analyzed using data from the 1972, 1982 and 1989 Annual Demographic Files of the Current Population Surveys. Indications reveal that black women fared better than black men in some respects although in other vital respects the experience of both classes were similar.
Publication Name: Review of Economics and Statistics
Subject: Mathematics
ISSN: 0034-6535
Year: 1992
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