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Home-based work and childbearing

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  • Beata Osiewalska
  • Anna Matysiak
  • Anna Kurowska

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We examine the timely yet greatly under-researched interplay between home-based work (HBW) and women’s birth transitions. Past research has shown that HBW may facilitate and/or jeopardize work–family balance, depending on the worker’s family and work circumstances. Following that research, we develop here a theoretical framework on how HBW can facilitate or hinder fertility. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study 2009–19 and random-effects cloglog regression, we study the link between HBW and first- and second-birth risks. We find that HBW is negatively associated with the transition to motherhood and unrelated to the progression to a second child. We also show that HBW helps to enable women to have children if they would otherwise face a long commute. All in all, our findings do not support the idea that the spread of HBW will lead to an immediate increase in fertility.

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  • Beata Osiewalska & Anna Matysiak & Anna Kurowska, 2024. "Home-based work and childbearing," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 78(3), pages 525-545, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpstxx:v:78:y:2024:i:3:p:525-545
    DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2023.2287510
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