The Parenthood Gap: Firms and Earnings Inequality After Kids

Recent research has found that much of the gender pay gap emerges immediately following parenthood and persists throughout a parent’s career. However, the mechanisms underlying the parental gender pay gap are still poorly understood. Economists Brenden Timpe and Daniel Tannenbaum will investigate the role that company’s policies and practices play in persistence of the parental gender pay gap. They will analyze Census data, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data, American Community Survey data, and IRS data for their study.