Publication type
Journal Article
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Publication date
February 6, 2024
Summary:
We examine the timely yet greatly under-researched interplay between home-based work (HBW) and women’s birth transitions. Past research has shown that HBW may facilitate and/or jeopardize work–family balance, depending on the worker’s family and work circumstances. Following that research, we develop here a theoretical framework on how HBW can facilitate or hinder fertility. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study 2009–19 and random-effects cloglog regression, we study the link between HBW and first- and second-birth risks. We find that HBW is negatively associated with the transition to motherhood and unrelated to the progression to a second child. We also show that HBW helps to enable women to have children if they would otherwise face a long commute. All in all, our findings do not support the idea that the spread of HBW will lead to an immediate increase in fertility.
Published in
Population Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2023.2287510
ISSN
324728
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Open Access
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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