period 1991-2001 we show that perhaps one-quarter of women moving from full- to part-time work move to an occupation at a … within the occupation is far more important than the presence of a pre-school child in determining whether a woman moves to a … lower-level occupation. These findings indicate a loss of economic efficiency through the underutilisation of the skills of …

disadvantage for women following a spell in part-time work. -- Female employment ; part-time work ; occupation ; earnings …