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August 13, 2026Journal of Marriage and FamilyOpen Access

Partners' Long Work Hours and Changes in New Parents' Employment Over 40 Years

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Examines how long work hours affect new parents' employment, suggesting persistent gender dynamics over four decades.

Key Points

  • This paper investigates how partners' long work hours influence employment decisions among new parents and how these effects have changed over 40 years.
  • Used Current Population Survey data from 1982 to 2020 (N=136,336 couple years)
  • Measured employment changes and work hours of both partners around the birth of their first child
  • Applied fixed effect models to control for time-invariant characteristics of couples.
  • New mothers reduce their work more when partners work long hours, while husbands' employment is unaffected.
  • Over 40 years, evidence shows little change in how partners' long work hours influence their own employment.
  • Despite increased involvement in housework by men, the association of long work hours with mothers’ employment remains consistent.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d75e62b0e0cff3f63ed70https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70105
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