Sunday, September 7, 2014

The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus

"A Child Helps Your Career, if You’re a Man"

This was interesting:
There was one exception in Ms. Budig’s study: Women in the top 10 percent of earners lost no income when they had children, and those in the top 5 percent received bonuses, similar to men. She speculated that in these rarefied jobs, employers see high-performing women as more similar to men, and that women might work more and negotiate for higher pay in order to afford household and child care help.
Read more in the NYT. Thanks, +Megan Gardner 

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .