Women\u27s employment is often disrupted to some extent by childbearing, with women taking time out of the labour force to care for young children, and often returning to work part-time to better manage the competing priorities of work and family. In this paper for the 2004 Australian Institute of Family Studies conference Jennifer Baxter looks at how the timing of return to work has changed in recent decades, and identifies characteristics of women likely to return to work earlier than others, or more likely to return to full-time rather than part-time work
To examine the effects of timing of return to work, number of hours worked, and their interaction, o...
This paper studies the return-to-job of female employees after first birth based on exceptional long...
This thesis reports the results of a study about the perceptions of women who have returned to work ...
There is little known about the extent to which Australian women leave work on commencement of child...
Maternal employment rates are lowest in the first year of a child\u27s life, as women leave or take ...
Until recently there have been no statutory maternity leave provisions in Australian workplaces and ...
Women in contemporary western economies have more options and more pressures to combine work with fa...
Women in contemporary western economies have more options and more pressures to combine work with fa...
Women in contemporary western economies have both more options and more pressures to combine work wi...
To date, the issue of part-time work for women returning after the baby has received little attentio...
This article explores how responsibilities for childcare are managed as part of family decisions mad...
For many workers, the birth of a child marks the beginning of their work-family concerns. Part-time ...
This paper presents findings from an Australian survey of parents of young children, conducted in 20...
This dissertation explores three distinct influences on women\u27s participation in the workforce fo...
Women are participating in the labour market in higher proportions than in the past, with the female...
To examine the effects of timing of return to work, number of hours worked, and their interaction, o...
This paper studies the return-to-job of female employees after first birth based on exceptional long...
This thesis reports the results of a study about the perceptions of women who have returned to work ...
There is little known about the extent to which Australian women leave work on commencement of child...
Maternal employment rates are lowest in the first year of a child\u27s life, as women leave or take ...
Until recently there have been no statutory maternity leave provisions in Australian workplaces and ...
Women in contemporary western economies have more options and more pressures to combine work with fa...
Women in contemporary western economies have more options and more pressures to combine work with fa...
Women in contemporary western economies have both more options and more pressures to combine work wi...
To date, the issue of part-time work for women returning after the baby has received little attentio...
This article explores how responsibilities for childcare are managed as part of family decisions mad...
For many workers, the birth of a child marks the beginning of their work-family concerns. Part-time ...
This paper presents findings from an Australian survey of parents of young children, conducted in 20...
This dissertation explores three distinct influences on women\u27s participation in the workforce fo...
Women are participating in the labour market in higher proportions than in the past, with the female...
To examine the effects of timing of return to work, number of hours worked, and their interaction, o...
This paper studies the return-to-job of female employees after first birth based on exceptional long...
This thesis reports the results of a study about the perceptions of women who have returned to work ...