Selected reading list
Selection of longitudinal research on
Working mothers
BURGESS S, GREGG P, PROPPER C, et al., 2008, Maternity rights and mothers'
return to work. Labour Economics, 15 (2), 168-201.
CONNOLLY, and GREGORY, M (2008). Moving down: women’s part time work and
occupational change in Britain. The Economic Journal, 118 (526), F52–F7.
COOKSEY, E, JOSHI, H and VERROPOULOU, G. (2009) Does mothers’
employment affect children’s development? Evidence from the children of the
British 1970 Birth Cohort and the American NLSY79. Longitudinal and Life
Course Studies, 1(1), 95-115.
CROSBY, D.A and HAWKES, D.D. (2008) Cross-National Research Using
Contemporary Birth Cohort Studies: A Look at Early Maternal Employment in the
United Kingdom and United States (full version). CLS Working Paper
2008/13. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
DEX, S. and BUKODI, E. (2012) The Effects of Part-Time Work on Women's
Occupational Mobility in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 Birth Cohort Study.
National Institute Economic Review, 222(1), R20-R37.
DEX, S and WARD, K. (2007) Parental care and employment in early childhood.
Equal Opportunities Commission Working Paper Series No.57. Manchester: Equal
Opportunities Commission.
ELLIOTT, J and VAITILINGAM, R. (2008) Now we are 50. Key findings from the
National Child Development Study. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
Ermisch, J. and Francesconi, M. (2001) The effect of parents' employment on
outcomes for children. Joseph Rowntree Foundation
FAGAN, C and NORMAN, H. (2012) Trends and social divisions in maternal
employment patterns following maternity leave in the UK. International Journal of
Sociology and Social Policy, 32(9), 544-560.
FLOURI, E and MALMBERG, L.E. (2012) Father involvement, family poverty and
adversity, and young children’s behaviour in stable resident two-parent families.
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 3(2), 254-267.
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GREGG, P., WASHBROOK, E., PROPPER, C., BURGRESS, S. (2005). The Effects
of a Mother's Return to Work Decision on Child Development in the UK. The
Economic Journal, 115 (501), F49-F80
HANSEN, K and HAWKES, D. (2009) Early childcare and child
development. Journal of Social Policy, 38 (2), 211-239.
HANSEN, K, JOSHI, H and VERROPOULOU, G. (2006) Childcare and Mothers’
Employment: Approaching the new Millennium. National Institute Economic
Review, 195(1), 84-102.
HARKNESS, S. (1996) The Gender Gap: Evidence from the UK, Fiscal Studies, 17
(2), 1-36
HAWKES, D. and JOSHI, H. (2012). Age at motherhood and child development:
Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study. National Institute Economic Review,
222(1), R52-R66.
HAWKINS, S. S., GRIFFITHS, L. J., DEZATEUX, C., LAW, C. and the Millennium
Cohort Study Child Health Group. (2007) Maternal employment and breastfeeding initiation: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of Paediatric
and Perinatal Epidemiology, 21(3), 242-247.
HAWKINS, S. S., GRIFFITHS, L. J., DEZATEUX, C., LAW, C. and the Millennium
Cohort Study Child Health Group. (2007) The impact of maternal employment on
breast-feeding duration in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Public Health
Nutrition, 10(9), 891-896.
HAWKINS, S. S, COLE, T. J, LAW, C and the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health
Group. (2008) Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings
from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Obesity, 32, 30-38.
HAWKINS, S.S, COLE, T.J, LAW, C and the MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY
CHILD HEALTH GROUP. (2009) Examining the relationship between maternal
employment and health behaviours in 5-year-old British children. Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health, 63(12), 999-1004.
Presentation by Prof Heather Joshi to Academy of Social Science, June 2013.
Working parents: Evidence from longitudinal studies.
KNEALE, D. and JOSHI, H. (2008) Postponement and childlessness - Evidence from
two British cohorts. Demographic Research, 19(58), 1935-1968.
McMUNN, A., KELLY, Y., CABLE, N. and BARTLEY, M. (2012) Maternal
employment and child socio-emotional behaviour in the UK: longitudinal evidence
from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community
Health, 66(7), e19.
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NEUBURGER, J, KUH, D and JOSHI, H. (2009) Trends in the relative wage
opportunities of women and men across three British generations. CLS Working
Paper 2009/2. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
PEARCE, A, LI, L., ABBAS, J., FERGUSON, B., GRAHAM, H., LAW, C. and the
Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. (2010) Is childcare associated with
the risk of overweight and obesity in the early years? Findings from the UK
Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Obesity, 34, 1160-1168.
SMEATON, D. (2006), Work return rates after childbirth in the UK – trends,
determinants and implications: a comparison of cohorts born in 1958 and 1970.
Work, Employment and Society, 20(1), 5–25.
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