This book problematizes the opt-out narrative regarding working mothers who exit the labour force to take care of children. ‘Opting out’ is a term generally used to describe the behaviour of working mothers with young children who voluntarily remain outside of the labour force as a consequence of childbearing and child-rearing responsibilities.

Book Review: Liana Christin Landivar, Mothers at Work: Who Opts Out?

Tania Toffanin
2020

Abstract

This book problematizes the opt-out narrative regarding working mothers who exit the labour force to take care of children. ‘Opting out’ is a term generally used to describe the behaviour of working mothers with young children who voluntarily remain outside of the labour force as a consequence of childbearing and child-rearing responsibilities.
2020
Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo - ISMed
motherhood; opting-out; childbearing
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