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Title: The Impact of Parenthood on the Gender Wage Gap

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: We classified the respondents according to their marital and parenthood status. The gap is dramatically higher between married couples versus singles without children. For married parents, the gap is even greater. Married fathers work even more than other men, while married mothers work less than married women without kids. The different behavior of women and men has an impact on the gender wage gap. It modifies the nominal income, but it also influences how much women and men earn per each hour worked. The average hourly pay increases as the number of hours worked per week increases. Because men tend to work more hours than women, especially if they are married, and even more if they are married parents, this explains a large portion of the pay gap. Also, as years pass, men accumulate more practice and training than women. The job market pays more if the worker has more experience: the gap widens as men acquire more experience than women.

Url: https://visme.co/blog/wage-gap/

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Authors: Anzil, Federico

Publisher: Visme

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Work, Family, and Time

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