The report, The effect of parents' employment on outcomes for children, by Professors John Ermisch and Marco Francesconi at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, followed the progress of children born between 1970 and 1981. It found that although full-time work increased the family income, there was 'less time for mothers to interact with their families and this tended to reduce later educational attainments'.
The report said longer periods of full-time working by mothers when children were aged one to five were also linked to an increased risk of unemployment as a young adult and of experiencing psychological stress.
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