UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax … in the future. But there is little evidence about medium- and long-term outcomes for mothers entering low skilled … skilled and better paid jobs. This paper uses a dataset which tracked lone mothers from 1991 to 2001 to examine employment …

This CASEbrief reports on the findings of recent research examining the employment pathways followed by mothers … financial support to mothers in employment than to those staying at home was the assumption – frequently expressed in government … documents – that even a low-skilled job was a stepping-stone to improved prospects, with a long-run pay-off both for mothers and …

mothers. It pays particular attention to how the relationship between employment trajectory and wage progression compares for … higher-skilled and lower-skilled mothers and for mothers of younger and older children. We find that mothers follow a wide … are experienced by mothers of children of all ages, although the impact appears larger for mothers of younger children. In …

This paper explains the narrowing of gender gaps in wages and market hours in recent decades by the growth of the … structural transformation and marketization of home services, acts as a gender-biased demand shift and leads to a rise in women …

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent … rise of services, driven by structural transformation and marketization of home production, acts as a gender-biased demand …