The ‘motherhood penalty’: Women’s wages drop for up to a decade after birth

The Sydney Morning Herald

The ‘motherhood penalty’: Women’s wages drop for up to a decade after birth

A Treasury analysis shows Australian mothers earn less than half of their pre-birth wage in the five years after childbirth. That’s worse than for women in the US, UK, Denmark and Sweden.

July 12, 2022 • Shane Wright, Rachel Clun

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