The Impact of Childcare Status on Women’s Employment: A Study on the Mediating Effect of Investment in Children’s Education

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10.2991/978-2-38476-577-5_72How to use a DOI?

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investment in children’s education; maternal punishment; parenting status; educational competition

Abstract

Based on data from the 2022 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this paper delves into how parenting status affects women’s employment income through the mediating pathway of investment in children’s education. The study aims to reveal the core role of the emerging phenomenon of “motherhood brokerage” in women’s “work-life conflict.” The results show that: first, parenting status (measured by the number of children) has a significant direct negative impact on women’s employment income; second, increased parenting burden significantly increases mothers’ time investment in children’s education; and finally, investment in children’s education plays a significant partial mediating role in the above pathway.

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AU  - Yuewen Wang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/15
TI  - The Impact of Childcare Status on Women’s Employment: A Study on the Mediating Effect of Investment in Children’s Education
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 696
EP  - 705
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-577-5_72
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