Tethered lives: A couple-based perspective on the consequences of parenthood for time use, occupation, and wages

Volume: 60, Pages: 266 - 282
Published: Nov 1, 2016
Abstract
Prior research on parenthood effects has typically used single-sex models and estimated average effects. By contrast, we estimate population-level variability in partners' changes in housework hours, paid work hours, occupation traits, and wages after becoming parents, and we explore whether one partner's adjustment offsets or supplements the other's. We find tradeoffs between spouses on paid work adjustments to parenthood, but complementarity...
Paper Details
Title
Tethered lives: A couple-based perspective on the consequences of parenthood for time use, occupation, and wages
Published Date
Nov 1, 2016
Volume
60
Pages
266 - 282
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