Employment After Parenthood: Women of Migrant Origin and Natives Compared.

ABSTRACT: Motherhood negatively affects female employment in majority populations across Europe. Although employment levels are particularly low among women of migrant origin, little is known about the motherhood-employment link in migrant populations. This paper investigates whether family formation differentially affects the labour market position of migrant women and their descendants compared to natives. Using longitudinal microdata from the Belgian social security registers, 12,167 women are followed from 12 months before until 48 months after the birth of their first child for the period 1999-2010. Levels of activity (versus inactivity), employment (versus unemployment) and full-time employment (versus part-time employment) are compared between natives and first- and second-generation women of

SUBMITTER: Kil T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6241007 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature