Time On The Job And Time With Their Kids: Cultures Of Teaching And Parenthood In The US

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Time On The Job And Time With Their Kids: Cultures Of Teaching And Parenthood In The US

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Robert Drago

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This study uses time diary and telephone survey data from a nonrandom sample of 310 US public, elementary school teachers in 46 schools and four school districts to analyze the sources of time for employed parents to devote to their children in the US. Comparing parent and nonparent teachers for a 24-hour working day reveals that American parents spend significantly less time on work, personal time, passive leisure, and exercise, and significantly more time on child care and housework. Even so, the parent workday is far longer than the employment contract stipulates. Mild evidence suggests that supportive supervisors, shorter contractual hours, and low levels of student poverty are linked to increased parental time for children among the teachers. Evidence is found for a time transfer of work from parents to nonparents in schools with higher proportions of women teachers. Less direct evidence suggests this time transfer is voluntary.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Feminist Economics.

Volume (Year): 7 (2001)
Issue (Month): 3 (November)
Pages: 1-31
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Anita Nyberg, 2000. "From Foster Mothers to Child Care Centers: A History of Working Mothers and Child Care in Sweden," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 5-20, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Robert Drago & David Costanza & Robert Caplan & Tanya Brubaker & Darnell Cloud & Naomi Harris & Russell Kashian & T. Lynn Riggs, 2001. "The Willingness-to-pay for work/family policies: A study of teachers," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 55(1), pages 22-41, October.

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Berenice Monna & Anne Gauthier, 2008. "A Review of the Literature on the Social and Economic Determinants of Parental Time," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 29(4), pages 634-653, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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