Changes in work and care trajectories during the transition to motherhood |
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Affiliation: | 1. Respiratory Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain;2. Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, General Medical Education, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA |
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Abstract: | In most mid- and high-income countries, there have been significant demographic, structural, and cultural changes in the past decades. However, we know little about how these changes have shaped women's work patterns during a key life stage: the transition to motherhood. Using longitudinal data from Chile, covering over 30 years of employment histories and three periods of first births (1980–2010), I conduct sequence analysis to identify women's work-care trajectories during an eight-year period of the transition to motherhood. Over time, I find that continuous care work at home has declined, for which education plays a key role, while the chances of working continuously have not changed over time. Instead, I find an increasing trend of unsteady paths that combine paid work with either caretaking or unemployment. I discuss how these changes, as well as their association with education, have important implications for both gender and social inequality. |
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Keywords: | Transition to motherhood Maternal employment Work trajectories Care work Family Demographic transition |
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