Maternal employment and child health
Subtitle: global issues and policy solutions
By: Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781847205100
Subjects: Children of working parents; Health and hygiene; Working mothers; Family relationships
Description: As women's labor force participation has risen around the globe, scholarly and policy discourse on the ramifications of this employment growth has intensified. This book explores the links between maternal employment and child health using an international perspective that is grounded in economic theory and rigorous empirical methods. Women's labor-market activity affects child health largely because their paid work raises household income, which strengthens families' abilities to finance health care needs and nutritious food; however, time away from children could counteract some of the benefit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-207) and index.