299. Richard Reeves — Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Pay Gap Is a Parenting Gap
There's not much difference between men and women as they track through their twenties. Then around the early thirties, the women's line just plummets,. And so it doesn't tak much investigation to figure out what's going on there. Becoming a father has very little effect on men's earnings. In fact, if anything, might bump it a little bit. Men who are fathers take on more overtime, for example. But it has this dramatic downward effect on on women. The single biggest reason now for the gender pay gap is these differences in the division of labour in terms of raising children. Once the drivers become mums, they do less overtime, they choose less
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