Journal article
Transformation, disruption or cumulative disadvantage? Labor market and education trajectories of young mothers in Australia
S Kalucza, J Lam, J Baxter
Advances in Life Course Research | Published : 2022
Abstract
Young motherhood is often framed as detrimental to the life chances of young women with research showing negative impacts on education and labor market outcomes. At the same time, qualitative research reports narratives of motherhood as a transformative experience, providing motivation for a fresh start and moving young women away from previously unstable life pathways. These scenarios appear contradictory, however outcomes might vary for different groups of women depending on their pre-birth trajectories. We investigate the effects of early parenthood using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. We employ a sequence based approach to compare labor market- and..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding and support from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (CE140100027 and CE200100025) and the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (project number 2018-00861) as well as the helpful comments from the audience on an earlier version presented at the 2019 Society for Lon-gitudinal and Lifecourse Studies conference in Potsdam, Germany. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Australian Research Council or the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. This paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the author and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute.