Loss of paternal income keeps status conferring expenditures going, while maternal income loss translates more readily into reductions in discretionary expenses.
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Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “The Female Breadwinner Well-being ‘Penalty'”
An analysis of the association between life satisfaction and heterosexual couples’ employment patterns. Men’s employment status, independently of income, is an important correlate of their subjective wellbeing.
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “It Takes a Village: Childcare and Women’s Paid Employment in India”
Higher rural than urban maternal employment in India can be explained by the greater flexibility of rural employment in terms of both work time and work space, allowing for greater compatibility between women’s reproductive and productive lives.
Sociology of Development 