Do Highly Educated Daughters of Immigrants Return to Work After Childbirth? Evidence From Descendants of Pakistani and Vietnamese Immigrants in Norway
Anniken Lund
Abstract:Concerns about whether highly educated daughters of non-Western immigrants will make use of their education after family formation or will instead follow a gender-based division of labour and childcare have been raised in Western Europe. Drawing on theoretical arguments from human capital theory, socio-cultural approaches and mechanisms of the 'immigrant drive,' this study investigates work re-entry following childbirth among highly educated descendants of immigrants from Vietnam and Pakistan. By exploiting un… Show more
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