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Author: | Kanji, S. |
Title: | What keeps mothers in full-time employment? |
Journal: | European sociological review
2011 : AUG, VOL. 27:4 p. 509-525 |
Index terms: | employees women workers decision making families employment sociology United Kingdom |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This article investigates what leads partnered first time mothers to participate in full-time employment from three theoretical standpoints: profit maximization, polarization and preference theory. The study confirms theories from the UK that dual full-time earning is more likely to be a lifestyle adopted by those at the top of the household income distribution. |
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