The changing career trajectories of new parents in STEM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 4182-4187

  Cech, Erin A ^a   Blair Loy, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender in STEM; Science policy; Sociology; STEM workforce; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CAREER; CHILD; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; PARENTHOOD; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; RACE; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; WORKFORCE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; FAMILY SIZE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHERS; PARENTS; SCIENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85062650005     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810862116     Document Type: Article

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