Essays about: "The Motherhood Penalty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words The Motherhood Penalty.

  1. 1. The Motherhood Penalty in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Zhuoyi Sun; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to analyze the current situation of motherhood penalty in China by examining the effects of the number of children on women's wages. Based on data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2014 to 2018, this paper mainly uses a fixed effects model to conduct the study on the effects of the number of children on women's wages and income for Chinese women aged 18 to 55. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Family Gaps in Pay : Empirical Evidence From Japan

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Linda Svedmark; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Japan has the second largest gender wage gap among the OECD nations and is falling behind in the progress of gender equality. As research indicates that parenthood greatly contributes to the gender wage gap, this thesis quantifies the magnitudes of the Japanese family pay gaps among women and men and examines which factors mainly contribute to their existence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sexual Orientation, Motherhood and Pay - The case of the gender pay gap for homo-/bisexual women

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kotten Forsberg Fjellander; [2020]
    Keywords : Labor economics; gender pay gap; motherhood penalty; same-sex couples; Mincer equation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to widen the understanding of the gender pay gap by introducing the factor of sexuality. Same-sex couples have legal rights that are relatively new; how does our understanding of labor division and pay change when more data on queer people emerge? This is achieved by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from the year 2017 and making multiple regressions, which are based in the Mincer equation. READ MORE

  5. 4. The motherhood earnings penalty : The case of Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Johanna Nordquist; Ida Saranpää; [2020]
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    Abstract : This paper investigates the motherhood earnings penalty of women in Sweden. To answer this question, we conducted an empirical analysis by using the ordinary least square on a data sample regarding women and the total number of children. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Karolina Jennings; [2019]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. READ MORE