The use of propensity scores in psychological and educational research has been steadily
increasing in the last 2 to 3 years. However, there are some common misconceptions about …

This meta-analysis of 69 studies (1,483 effect sizes) used random effects models to examine
maternal employment during infancy/early childhood in relation to 2 major domains of child …

Parental time with children leads to posive child outcomes. Some studies have reported a
posive educational gradient: More educated parents devote more time to children than other …

Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models is a comprehensive
manual for the applied researcher who wants to perform data analysis using linear and …

This study tests the two assumptions underlying popularly held notions that maternal
employment negatively affects children because it reduces time spent with parents:(1) that …

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Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we
are. It covers a range of topics central to personality and developmental psychology. The …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

This paper develops a learning model of cultural change to investigate why women's labor
force participation (LFP) and attitudes toward women's work both changed dramatically. In …

Abstract Objectives The United States is one of only three countries worldwide with no
national policy guaranteeing paid leave to employed women who give birth. While maternity …