Mothers and Fathers with Young Children: Paid Employment, Caring and Wellbeing

Baxter, Jennifer; Gray, Matthew; Alexander, Michael; Strazdins, Lyndall; Bittman, Michael

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“…The majority of families with young children use some form of non-parental care (Baxter, Gray, Alexander, Strazdins, & Bittman, 2007). This literature increasingly differentiates childcare by type -formal and informal -and package -informal modes only, formal modes only, and a mixture of informal and formal modes (Baxter, Gray, Alexander, Strazdins, & Bittman, 2007;Bittman, Craig, & Folbre, 2004;Hansen, Joshi, & Verropoulou, 2006).…”

Section: Use Of Childcare Packages By Family Typementioning

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“…This literature increasingly differentiates childcare by type -formal and informal -and package -informal modes only, formal modes only, and a mixture of informal and formal modes (Baxter, Gray, Alexander, Strazdins, & Bittman, 2007;Bittman, Craig, & Folbre, 2004;Hansen, Joshi, & Verropoulou, 2006). Use of informal-only childcare packages is widespread.…”

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“…In Australia, childcare arrangements vary by family type. For instance, single-parent households with young children (age 0-5) are twice as likely as couple households to use mixed care (13% vs. 29%) but equally likely to use formal or informal-only childcare packages (Craig, 2004), and employed single parents of infants are almost three times as likely as dual earner parents to use a mixed childcare package (21% vs. 8%) (Baxter, Gray, Alexander, Strazdins, & Bittman, 2007). Together these findings suggest that families use a diverse range of childcare packages and thus it is necessary to understand if and how different packages influence maternal labour force participation.…”

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“…mixed childcare (Baxter, Gray, Alexander, Strazdins, & Bittman, 2007;Bittman, Craig, & Folbre, 2004;Hansen, Joshi, & Verropoulou, 2006). In this paper we focus on these three possible ways in which families can package childcare and label them formal-only, informal-only, and mixed childcare packages.…”

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“…This distinction is meaningful as existing evidence indicates that hours of maternal employment vary across groups of mothers using each package. For instance, descriptive analyses show that Australian single mothers who use mixed childcare packages have higher labour force participation rates and work more hours than those who use other childcare packages (Baxter, Gray, Alexander, Strazdins, & Bittman, 2007;Mance, 2005). However, no studies have scrutinized these relationships in a multivariate framework or devised theoretical explanations for why they emerge.…”

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Research has established that families in developed countries commonly combine multiple sources of child care. Yet, families’ packages of child care and their effect on maternal labor force participation are underresearched, and the few existing empirical studies are primarily descriptive or use cross-sectional data. We add to the existing literature by theorizing and testing the relationships between family type, child care arrangements, and mothers’ work hours using Australian panel data and panel regression models. We find that employed mothers of young children who use a mixed child care package complete more hours of paid work than do employed mothers of young children who use other child care packages, but the reasons for this association are different among single and partnered mothers. For single mothers the most important characteristic of mixed child care packages appears to be their flexibility, whereas for partnered mothers mixed child care increases employment hours by maximizing the hours of child care available to them.

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Section: Use Of Childcare Packages By Family Typementioning

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Section: Use Of Childcare Packages By Family Typementioning

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The Effects of Non-standard Employment on the Transition to Parenthood Within Couples: A Comparison of Germany and Australia

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Using longitudinal data from Germany and Australia for the 2001-2013 period, this study investigates the link between non-standard employment, such as fixed-term contracts, temporary agency work, part-time and casual work, and first birth within couple relationships. In contrast to previous studies, competing risks event history models are estimated to simultaneously consider couples' risks of first birth and of partnership dissolution. The results indicate, for example, that temporary employment of the female partner, and especially temporary agency work, decreases first birth risks in both countries. This suggests that women, in their dual role as primary carer and secondary earner, seek a secure employment position to return to after parental leave. In contrast, male partner's part-time work negatively affects the first birth risk and simultaneously increases the risk of partnership dissolution only in Australia, suggesting a more important role of men as primary earners in this country. Overall, the study highlights the twofold impact of non-standard employment on fertility, consisting of a direct influence on the first birth risk among stable couples and an indirect influence through the risk of partnership dissolution.

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Mothers and Fathers with Young Children: Paid Employment, Caring and Wellbeing

Cited by 41 publications

References 60 publications

Hours of Paid Work Among Single and Partnered Mothers in Australia

Hours of Paid Work Among Single and Partnered Mothers in Australia

The Role of Informal Childcare in Mothers’ Experiences of Care and Employment: A Qualitative Lifecourse Analysis

The Effects of Non-standard Employment on the Transition to Parenthood Within Couples: A Comparison of Germany and Australia

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