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Denmark’s Generous Childcare and Parental Leave Policies Erase 80 Percent of the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ for Working Moms

For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs. Can government programs that provide financial support to parents offset the "motherhood penalty" in earnings? Killewald with Therese Christensen, a Danish sociologist, set out to answer this question for moms in De

Denmark’s Generous Childcare and Parental Leave Policies Erase 80 Percent of the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ for Working Moms

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