title: Men's Work Efforts and the Transition to Fatherhood.
abstract: In this paper we tested three hypotheses: (a) the transition to fatherhood is associated with an increase in work effort; (b) the positive association (if any) between the transition to fatherhood and work effort is greater for fathers who are married at the time of the transition; and (c) the association (if any) is greater for men who make the transition at younger ages. The data are from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort. The transition to fatherhood was associated with an increase in work effort among young unmarried men, but not for married men. Among married men who were on-time fathers, work effort decreased. Among childless men, the marriage transition was associated with increased work effort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: Nan Marie
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Astone
authors.forename: Jacinda
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dariotis
authors.forename: Freya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sonenstein
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pleck
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hynes