Session 53: Work and Family

Thursday, April 17 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Napoleon B2 3rd floor

Chair: Vanessa Wight, University of Maryland
Discussant: Philip N. Cohen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Discussant: Liana C. Sayer, Ohio State University

1.	The Importance of Work: Changing Work Commitment Following the Transition to Parenthood  •  Marie M. Evertsson, Swedish Institute for Social Research; Richard Breen, Yale University

2.	Explaining Trends in “Opting Out” among Women, 1981-2006  •  Cordelia Reimers, City University of New York; Pamela Stone, Hunter College (CUNY)

3.	Influences of Family Structure and Partner Characteristics on Mothers’ Employment Trajectories  •  Christine Percheski, Princeton University

4.	Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking  •  Christopher Ruhm, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University

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