Monday, February 19, 2018

Being a Good Mom is Expensive

VOX Gender Wage Gap Is Really a Child Care Penalty


I find this to be perfectly logical...  Life is full of choices and if a woman chooses to dedicate their lives to their career / education instead of having a family, it is logical that they will get promoted more often and make more than a woman who splits their focus between work and family.


And since often couples choose that the wife is the primary care giver for kids, of course that impacts her promotions and compensation more than the husband. 


I find it a case of folks wanting to have their cake and eat it to.  They want to have a rich family life, free time to support their kids and have the same income as those who choose differently.  That is part of why I find the furor over the wage gap over blown.


Thoughts? 

4 comments:

Laurie said...

I believe the child care penalty only accounts for part of the wage gap.

John said...

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John said...

Yes, however I think it is pretty substantial.

Out in suburbia the term soccer Mom amongst the middle and upper class households is well deserved.

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