PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ruhm, Christopher J.
TI  - Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.39.1.155
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 155--192
VI  - 39
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/39/1/155.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/39/1/155.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2004 Jan 01; 39
AB  - Maternal employment during the first three years of the child’s life has a small deleterious effect on estimated verbal ability of three- and fouryear- olds and a larger negative impact on reading and mathematics achievement of five- and six-year-olds. This study provides a more pessimistic assessment than most prior research for two reasons. First, previous analyses often control crudely for differences in child and household characteristics. Second, the negative relationships are more pronounced for the reading and mathematics performance of five- and six-year-old children than for the verbal scores of three- and four-year-olds.