Abstract
In this data snapshot, author Rebecca Glauber discusses her research on the motherhood wage penalty. In her study, she asked whether the motherhood wage penalty has declined over the past few decades. A decrease began in the 1990s but was most pronounced for high-earning women and smallest for lower-earning women. Median-earners fell somewhere in between. Today, high-earning women, or those who make close to $100,000 per year, no longer pay a motherhood penalty. But low earners, or those struggling on $15,000 per year, do.
Department
Carsey School of Public Policy
Publication Date
Spring 4-30-2019
Series
Data Snapshot No. 24
Publisher
Durham, N.H. : Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Glauber, Rebecca, "The Motherhood Wage Penalty: High-Earning Women Are Doing Better Than Before" (2019). The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository. 368.
https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/368
Rights
Copyright 2019. Carsey School of Public Policy. These materials may be used for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. For all other uses, contact the copyright holder.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.34051/p/2020.356