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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Motherhood Penalty"”.
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The Motherhood Penalty: Not so Black and White
… salary, and training opportunities. This “motherhood penalty” occurs, in part, due to stereotyped family role expectations: working mothers are often perceived as the primary caregivers in their families and are assumed to have additional domestic responsibilities compared to fathers or …
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I Went To Law School For This? The Motherhood Penalty In Young Female Attorneys' Salaries
This study presents two estimates of a motherhood penalty for young female attorneys. In the first phase, I utilize three different models in a regression analysis to examine which theoretical mechanisms might explain the presence of a motherhood penalty. In the second phase of this study, I employ …
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Does a Child Penalty Exist in the Post-apartheid South African Labour Market?
This study examines whether there exists a motherhood (or child) penalty for female employees in post-apartheid South Africa using three cross sections of data between 2001 and 2007. The Mincerian regression results indicate that a motherhood penalty exists, ceteris paribus. Using unconditional …
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ESSAYS ON HETEROGENEOUS TREATMENT EFFECTS IN THE LABOR MARKET
… and distribution regression to study how the motherhood penalty varies across different women. Chapter 1, tilted THE HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS OF JOB DISPLACEMENT ON IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE WORKERS, extends the previous literature by analyzing the consequences of job displacement on weekly earnings …
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Can We Have It All? Painting a Picture of the Adjunct, Clinical, and Tenured/ Tenure-Track Faculty Mother Experience At a Large Southern Public Research University
… members and parents, the physical demands of motherhood and the gendered expectations for mothers proved the work/parenting role balance to be harder on faculty women. Academic women have suffered what is referred to as a motherhood penalty by taking on a disproportionate burden of childcare …
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The labor market consequences of motherhood in lithuania: evidence from social security data /
This thesis investigates the motherhood penalty in Lithuania. The main goal is to quantify the short- and long-term consequences of motherhood from the beginning of pregnancy by looking at total income received by mothers relative to fathers and non-mothers. In addition, I focus on trying to better …
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Essays in Gender and Labor Economics
… less than married fathers. The presence of a motherhood penalty is evident, as custodial mothers face significant challenges in the labor market. The post-pandemic earnings premium for mothers suggests that many left the labor market, raising the average earnings of those remaining. These …
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Fathers at Work: Challenges and Stereotypes Facing Fathers with Caregiving Responsibilities in Employment
This study explores how caregiving fathers are perceived in contemporary employment to establish if this contributes to an understanding of the dominance of fathers in the role of ‘breadwinner’. Much existing research in this area is based in the US, largely utilising students as participants, and …
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Returning to work after childbirth : an exploration of mothers’ experiences in the United Kingdom
… roles and how women balance their home life and motherhood. Understanding the different aspects of women’s experiences develops knowledge in a focused area, and many of these studies have found that mothers, generally, are undervalued, due to preconceived gender roles whereby they are expected to …
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How Did COVID-19 Influence Women's Participation in the Labor Force?
Did women’s relationship with the paid labor force fundamentally change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? Women, specifically women with children, were disproportionately affected by increased caregiver needs, experienced the largest margin of employment disruption, and faced difficult choices …
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SOCIAL AND GENDER INEQUALITIES IN WESTERN EUROPE: EXAMINING HOW WOMEN'S DISADVANTAGES ARE SHAPED BY THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FAMILY DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL ORIGIN
La tesi si concentra sull’importanza dei processi che avvengono all’interno sia della famiglia di origine che della famiglia di destinazione per i risultati scolastici e del mercato del lavoro delle donne. La tesi è composta da tre studi. Il primo studio ha l’obiettivo di analizzare le …