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The home enrolment: A mechanism through which maternal employment affects child development.

By: Desai, Sonalde.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: The Population Council Research Division Working Papers No. 20. Publisher: New York : Population Council, 1990Subject(s): Employment | Child Development -- Employment -- Child Rearing. -- Child Development -- Employment -- Child Rearing. -- Child Development -- Employment -- Child RearingSummary: This paper argues that retaining a simpler, universal effect of internal employment on the welfare of very young children is not a fruitful strategy. Instead, it suggests that (1) maternal employment affects children through a variety of mechnisms some positive and others negative (2) the consequent of employment depend on the familys' socio-economic circumstances and soci-contact. Data used is for pre-school aged children in the United States.
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This paper argues that retaining a simpler, universal effect of internal employment on the welfare of very young children is not a fruitful strategy. Instead, it suggests that (1) maternal employment affects children through a variety of mechnisms some positive and others negative (2) the consequent of employment depend on the familys' socio-economic circumstances and soci-contact. Data used is for pre-school aged children in the United States.

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