The effect of maternal employment and child care on children's cognitive development

Author(s): Bernal, Raquel;
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher(s): Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Economics
Description: An investigation into the correlation between mothers’ employment decisions and children’s cognitive development, based on a subsample of 529 married or cohabiting women and their children from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)
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Source: Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Department of Economics. Retrieved November 18, 2005, from http://www.faculty.econ.northwestern.edu/faculty/bernal/Employment%20and%20Child%20Care%202005.pdf (no longer accessible since April 7, 2008)
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Cognitive Development

Parents & Families > Family Characteristics > Families & Work
Country: United States
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