Age at entry to motherhood is increasingly socially polarised in the UK. Early childbearing typically occurs among women from disadvantaged backgrounds relative to women with later first births. The Millennium Cohort finds differentials in their children's development, cognitive and behavioural,...

Childcare provision in the UK has evolved alongside the expansion of mothers’ employment, transforming the experiences of successive generations. This paper reviews some mixed evidence on child outcomes of maternal employment and offers a detailed examination of the working...

Childcare may affect the earnings of mothers, not just by enabling them to take employment while using it, but also by conserving human capital and increasing earnings at later stages of the mother's life. This paper simulates the lifetime earnings of a 'typical' British mother under a variety...

This article explores the implications of alternative policy regimes for gender wage inequality. Against the background of a description of recent changes in pay ratios of men and women in Britain, the focus is primarily on calculating the likely effects on gender wage ratios of introducing the...

This article explores the implications of alternative policy regimes for gender wage inequality. Against the background of a description of recent changes in pay ratios of men and women in Britain, the focus is primarily on calculating the likely effects on gender wage ratios of introducing the...

Childcare may affect the earnings of mothers, not just by enabling them to take employment while using it, but also by conserving human capital and increasing earnings at later stages of the mother's life. This paper simulates the lifetime earnings of a 'typical' British mother under a variety...