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It Pays to Value Family: Work and Family Tradeoffs Reconsidered
Author(s) -
Cappelli Peter,
Constantine Jill,
Chadwick Clint
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.00162
Subject(s) - earnings , value (mathematics) , economics , work (physics) , labour economics , family values , demographic economics , political science , finance , mechanical engineering , machine learning , computer science , law , engineering
We use longitudinal data to assess whether individuals who place greater importance on marriage and family pay a price for that priority in subsequent labor market success. Males placing a high priority on family before entering the labor market earn more, contrary to behavioral research but consistent with the economics literature. More important, females who place a high priority on family do not suffer in terms of subsequent earnings, contrary to most previous research.