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A variety of works links having children to the gendered dimension of careers (Ackers, 2004[1]; Fox, 2001[2]; Zuckerman, 1991[3]). Empricial results show that for both men and women, having children is negatively associated with career prospects (Fitzenberger & Schulze, 2013[4]).

Sources

  1. Ackers, L. (2004). Managing Relationships in Peripatetic Careers: Scientific Mobility in the European Union. Women’s Studies International Forum 27(3), 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2004.03.001
  2. Fox, M. F. (2001). WOMEN, SCIENCE, AND ACADEMIA: Graduate Education and Careers. Gender & Society 15(5), 654–666. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3081968
  3. Zuckerman, H. (1991). The Careers of Men and Women Scientists: A Review of Current Research. In J. Bruer, H. Zuckerman & J. Cole (Eds.), The Outer Circle: Women in the Scientific Community (pp. 27-56). NYC: Norton.
  4. Fitzenberger, B. & Schulze, U. (2013). Up or Out: Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany. German Economic Review 15(2), 287–328. https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12010

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