The “child penalty” creates most of the gender earnings gaps in rich countries

Jin, Myung, Landais, Camille ORCID: 0000-0002-9534-680X, Sevilla Sanz, Almudena Sevilla and Dodds, Anneliese (2024) The “child penalty” creates most of the gender earnings gaps in rich countries. LSE Business Review (08 Mar 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

After having children, women tend to change their working hours and wage rates, and even transition to new jobs. This phenomenon, known as the child penalty, explains the bulk of the gender earnings gap in developed countries. Myung Jin outlines key points raised by economists Camille Landais and Almudena Sevilla and Labour MP Anneliese Dodds during the “Women, work and economics” event hosted by the Centre for Economic Performance.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Economics Social Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2024 10:57
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122668

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