Mothers at work : who opts out?

Acknowledgments -- The opt-out narrative -- Changes in employment policies and cultural attitudes -- Employed mothers become the norm -- Doctors or dishwashers? : a look at who opts out -- Opting to stay : schedule flexibility and reduced work hours -- Does age matter? -- The motherhood wage gap and delayed fertility -- Looking at the big picture -- Appendixes -- A: Occupation categories -- B: Descriptive statistics -- C: What about fathers? -- D: Occupation coefficients derived from hierarchical models -- E: Women's earnings by occupation, age, and presence and age of children among full-time, year round workers -- F: Data sources -- References