20414 - Women's Labor Supply, Maintenance, Exit, and Consequences in Family

Description

This session examines the complex interplay between women’s labor supply and family life, highlighting how employment decisions are shaped, sustained, or disrupted by social, economic, and institutional forces. Drawing on research from diverse national contexts, the papers explore how caregiving responsibilities, spousal dynamics, job quality, cultural norms, and labor market structures influence women’s participation in paid work. By analyzing labor force dynamics across varying policy regimes and cultural expectations, the session sheds light on both shared and context-specific patterns. The studies consider not only women’s entry into and exit from the labor force, but also the longer-term implications of employment trajectories for family stability. Together, they offer a comparative and gendered perspective on the work-family nexus and the enduring challenges women face in navigating paid work and family responsibilities.

Sub Unit

• Family and Work

Presider

• Nanum Jeon

Individual Presentations

• Nonstandard Employment, Job Quality, and Marital Instability in South Korea - Sojung Lim, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Wives’ labor force exits during COVID-19: Temporal Differences by race/ethnicity and breadwinning status - Kristin Smith, Dartmouth College; Kiosha Fowlkes, Dartmouth College

• Women’s Employment in Korea and the US: Effects of Education, Children, and Husbands - Paula S England, New York University-Abu Dhabi; Wonjeong Jeong, New York University Abu Dhabi

Session Organizer

• Nanum Jeon, University of California-Los Angeles