Maternal Employment, Work Schedules, and Children’s Body Mass Index

  1. Taryn W. Morrissey1,
  2. Rachel E. Dunifon2,
  3. Ariel Kalil3

Article first published online: 3 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01541.x

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Child Development

Child Development

Special Issue: Raising Healthy Children

Volume 82, Issue 1, pages 66–81, January/February 2011

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Morrissey, T. W., Dunifon, R. E. and Kalil, A. (2011), Maternal Employment, Work Schedules, and Children’s Body Mass Index. Child Development, 82: 66–81. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01541.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    American University

  2. 2

    Cornell University

  3. 3

    University of Chicago

* concerning this article should be addressed to Taryn W. Morrissey, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016. Electronic mail may be sent to morrisse@american.edu.

  1. We are grateful for research support from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development to the second and third authors (Grant R01 HD057952), and for helpful comments from Heather Boushey, John Cawley, and Wen-Jui Han, and participants at colloquia presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, the George Mason University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and American University.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 FEB 2011
  2. Article first published online: 3 FEB 2011

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