Coverage of parenthood and gender wage gap paper

May 29, 2018

NZ is similar to the rest of the world in that the gender pay gap is larger among parents than people without children. Research from Isabelle Sin, Kabir Dasgupta and Gail Pacheco shows the hourly wage difference was 5.7 percent between similar men and women without children, but 12.5 percent between men and women who were parents. This paper was covered:

• Isabelle Sin on RNZ Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan - Wage penalty of motherhood - revealed
• On the front page of the NZ Herald - Mothers take 4.4% wage cut to have a baby, research reveals and in the Chinese language NZ Herald - 妈妈生孩子会降薪，爸爸为什么不会受影响？
• In an opinion piece in the Spinoff by Jess Berentson-Shaw - The parent pay chasm: how the gender pay gap widens among those with kids
• Isabelle Sin and Gail Pacheco write in the Conversation - How parenthood continues to cost women more than men (republished at Stuff and Business Daily)
• Gail Pacheco on TVNZ - Pay penalty for Kiwi women having children 'gets larger the longer they stay out of the labour market', says researcher
• On RNZ News - Gender pay gap widest after pregnancy - report
• On Newshub - Mothers suffer pay cut when they have children - study and Mothers deserve better - Human Rights Commission on wage gap
• At MoreFM - Mums suffer significant pay cut after having kids finds study
• At Human Resources Director - How does parenting affect women and men's salaries?
• From NZ CTU - Payroll needs to recognise that parenting is skilled work too
• From Gender Equal NZ - Out-dated gender roles: Gender pay gap larger among parents than non-parents
• RadioLIVE - Working mums penalised when they return to work
• AUT - Income hit for mums
• Newsie - Gender pay gap widest after pregnancy - report
• Ministry for Women - New research released on parenthood and labour market outcomes