It Pays to Value Family: Work and Family Tradeoffs Reconsidered

Cappelli, Peter; Constantine, Jill; Chadwick, Clint

doi:10.2139/ssrn.222228

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It Pays to Value Family: Work and Family Tradeoffs Reconsidered

31 Pages Posted: 9 Apr 2000

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Peter Cappelli

University of Pennsylvania Wharton School - Center for Human Resources; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Pennsylvania - Management Department

Clint Chadwick

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - School of Labor & Employment Relations

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Abstract

We use longitudinal data to assess whether individuals who place greater importance on marriage and family pay a price for that priority in subsequent labor market success. Males placing a high priority on family before entering the labor market earn more, contrary to behavioral research but consistent with the economics literature. More important, females who place a high priority on family do not suffer in terms of subsequent earnings, contrary to most previous research.

JEL Classification: D1, J0, J1, J3

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Cappelli, Peter and Constantine, Jill and Chadwick, Clint, It Pays to Value Family: Work and Family Tradeoffs Reconsidered (Undated). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=222228 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.222228