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Abstract:
Child development and wellbeing are strongly associated with the experiences early on in life. Inequalities in later outcomes such as education, employment and health have been found to develop very early on in life as a result of differential early childhood exposure to risk factors. Two key features of recent demographic and social change - the timing of childbearing and the employment of mothers – also vary markedly between individuals in contemporary Britain.
This research will explore the relationship between the timing of motherhood, the employment and child care decisions of mothers and child outcomes. It will exploit data from the British cohort studies and compare results with evidence from other countries.
Department:
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education
Duration:
1.1.2006 to 30.6.2009
Grant Type:
Large Research Grant
Publications
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Hansen, K. and Jones, E. (2010) Achievement at age 5, forthcoming
in Child Indicators Research.
Hansen, K. (2010) Achievement at age 5, in Dex, S., Hansen, K. and
Joshi, H. (eds) Children of the 21st Century – Birth to age
5, Policy Press, Forthcoming.
Crosby, D. and Hawkes, D. (2010) Early maternal employment and child
cognitive outcomes: Evidence from the UK and US, resubmitted to Child
Development.
Jenkins, A. (2009) Educational attainment, labour market conditions
and unobserved heterogeneity: The timing of first and higher-order
births in Britain, Submitted to Longitudinal and Life Course Studies.
Stillwell, J., Coast, E. and Kneale, D. (eds.) (2009) Fertility,
Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility Understanding Population Trends
and Processes Volume 1, Springer, Dordrecht.
Kneale, D. (2009) Fertility, living arrangements, care and mobility,
Chapter 1 in Stillwell, J., Coast, E. and Kneale, D. (eds.) Fertility,
Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility Understanding Population Trends
and Processes Volume 1, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 1-22.
Kneale, D. (2009) Early parenthood: Definition and prediction in
two British cohorts, Chapter 5 in Stillwell, J., Coast, E. and Kneale,
D. (eds.) Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility Understanding
Population Trends and Processes Volume 1, Springer, Dordrecht.
Wilson, J. (2009) Exploring dimensions of school change during primary
education in England, Chapter 11 in Stillwell, J., Coast, E. and Kneale,
D. (eds.) Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility Understanding
Population Trends and Processes Volume 1, Springer, Dordrecht, pp.
211-238.
Rendall, M.S., Ekert-Jaffé, O., Joshi, H., Lynch, K. and Mougin,
R. (2009) Universal versus economically polarized change in age at
first birth: A French-British comparison, Population and Development
Review, 35(1): 89-115.
Cooksey, E., Joshi, H. and Verropoulou, G. (2009) Does mothers’
employment affect children’s development? Evidence from the
children of the British 1970 Birth Cohort and the American NLSY79,
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 1(1): 95-115.
Verropoulou, G. and Joshi, H. ( 2009) Does mothers’ employment
conflict with child development? Multilevel analysis of British mothers
born in 1958, Journal of Population Economics, 22(3): 665-692.
Hansen, K. and Hawkes, D. (2009) Early childcare and child development,
Journal of Social Policy, 38: 211-239.
Hansen, K., Hawkes, D. and Joshi, H. (2009) The timing of motherhood,
mothers’ employment and child outcomes, in Stillwell, J., Coast,
E. and Kneale, D (eds.) Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility,
Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 59-80.
Crosby, D. and Hawkes, D. (2008) Cross-national
research using contemporary Birth Cohort Studies: A look at early
maternal employment in the United Kingdom and United States (full
version), CLS Working Paper 2008/13, Centre for Longitudinal Studies,
London.
Jenkins, A., Joshi, H. and Killingsworth, M. (2008) Educational attainment,
labour market conditions and unobserved heterogeneity: The timing
of first and higher-order births in Britain, CLS Working Paper 08/12,
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, London.
Kneale, D. and Joshi, H. (2008) Postponement and childlessness: Evidence
from two British cohorts, Demographic Research, 19(58): 1935-1968.
Hansen, K., Joshi, H. and Verropoulou, G. (2006) Childcare and mothers’
employment: approaches the millennium, National Institute Economic
Review, 195, January: 84-99.
Crosby, D. and Hawkes, D. (2007) Cross-national research using contemporary
Birth Cohort Studies: A look at early maternal employment in the United
Kingdom and United States, International
Journal of Social Research Methodology, Special Issue - Child Cohort
Studies, 10(5): 379-404.
Bynner, J. and Joshi, H. (2007) Building the evidence base from longitudinal
data: the aims, content and achievements of the British Birth Cohort
Studies. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research,
20( 2): 159-179.
Presentations
Joshi, H. (2009) Combining childrearing with work: Do maternal employment
experiences compromise child development, XXVI International Population
Conference, IUSSP, Marrakech. September-October.
Hansen, K., Hawkes, D. and Joshi, H. (2009) Motherhood
and child outcomes, UPTAP workshop, Leeds, 23rd March
Joshi, H. (2008) Does mothers' employment affect children's development?
Evidence from the children of the British 1970 Birth Cohort and the
US NLSY, Staff seminar, School of Economics at the University of Reading,
Reading, 8 December.
Joshi, H. (2008) Does mothers’ employment affect children’s
development? Evidence from the children of the British 1970 Birth
Cohort and the US NLSY79, Economics seminar, Royal Holloway University,
Egham, 10 December.
Joshi, H. (2008) Early and late motherhood: socio-economic antecedents
and consequences, Conference on Economics and Demography, National
Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, 5 November.
Joshi, H. (2008) Children of working mothers: Does mother’s
employment effect children’s development, European Population
Conference, Barcelona, July.
Joshi, H. (2008) Timing of the first birth in Britain and its socio-economic
correlates: evidence from birth cohort studies, Demography Seminar,
Spanish Council for Scientific Research Madrid, May 21.
Joshi, H. (2007) Transmitting opportunity: cohorts and their parents,
Smith Institute Seminar: Children and their Future, 14 November.
Joshi, H. (2007) Social polarisation in reproduction, CenterForum
( LibDem think-tank) Launch of ’From Boom to Bust: Fertility,
ageing and demographic change’, April.
Kneale, D. (2007) The timing of motherhood, UPTAP Conference, March.
Wilson, J. (2007) Social mobility, UPTAP, March.
Hansen, K. (2007) Child development, Longview seminar, February Hansen,
K. (2007) Childcare and child development, American Economic Association,
January.
The Millennium Cohort Survey as a resource for research and policy
making, NIESR Governor’s Seminar, London, 31 January.
Hawkes, D. (2007) Comparing
early maternal employment on child development in the UK and US,
American Economic Association, January.
Joshi, H. (2007) Does
mothers' employment conflict with child development?, American
Economic Association, January.
Jenkins, A. (2007) The
timing of births in Britain and the US: An event history analysis,
Bedford Group seminar, January.
Hawkes,
D. (2006) Comparing early maternal employment in the UK and US: evidence
from the first sweeps of the UK Millennium Cohort Study and the US
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Presentation at the UPTAP Seminar,
LGA, London, 28 November.
Joshi, H. (2006) Mother’s employment and mental health in the
first year of a child’s life: A contrast between two maternity
leave regimes, International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford,
September.
Hawkes, D. (2006) Comparing early maternal employment in the UK and
US: Evidence from the first sweeps of the UK Millennium Cohort Study
and the US Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, International Conference
on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford, September.
Hansen, K. (2006) The association between childcare and child outcomes,
International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford, September.
Hawkes, D. (2006) Grandparent involvement in child care, Presentation
at the European Population Conference, Liverpool, June.
Joshi, H. (2006) Does mother’s employment conflict with child
development? Presentation at ESPE 2006 Annual Congress, Verona, 22
& 23 June.
Hansen,
K., Hawkes, D. and Joshi, H. (2006) Motherhood and Child Outcomes:
the Consequences of the Timing of Motherhood and Mothers' Employment
on Child Outcomes (LRG), Presentation at UPTAP Inaugural Conference,
Leeds, 30 March.
Joshi, H. (2006) Unequal entry to Motherhood and unequal starts in
life, Presentation at ISER seminar, University of Essex, Colchester,
13 February.
