First-Birth Timing and the Motherhood Wage Gap in 140 Occupations.

Autor/in	Landivar, Liana Christin
Titel	First-Birth Timing and the Motherhood Wage Gap in 140 Occupations. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Zeitpunkt der ersten Geburt und der Lohnunterschied von Müttern in 140 Berufen.
Quelle	In: Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world, (2020) 6, 29 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2378-0231
DOI	10.1177/2378023120939424
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Eltern; Einkommensunterschied; Berufsgruppe; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; USA
Abstract	"Is delayed fertility associated with a reduced motherhood wage gap in all occupations? Using multilevel models and data from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey, O*NET, and the Current Population Survey, I examine whether delayed fertility is associated with a reduced motherhood wage gap in 140 occupations. Delayed childbearing is one strategy women use to mitigate the motherhood wage penalty. Findings indicate that mothers in high-earning professional occupations experienced the largest wage penalties with early motherhood but also the largest premiums with delayed childbearing. Although delaying a first birth mitigated the motherhood wage penalty in high-wage occupations requiring extensive career preparation, the majority of women who worked in lower wage occupations with more limited human capital requirements experienced no economic benefit from older motherhood. These results challenge the broader narrative that most women can improve their long-term earnings and partly overcome the structural motherhood wage gap by delaying fertility." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/1