The effect varies widely both between countries and within them
really have it all? Even in 2024 the data suggest that having both a career and children is out of reach for many women. Across the world 95% of men between the ages of 25 and 54 are employed, but just 52% of women are. In theworkplace discriminationlooms largest. One study found that up to 80% of the difference between male and female labour-force participation may be explained by women quitting work after the birth of their first child.
In China just 4% of mothers do not return to work within ten years. That may reflect multi-generational households in whichcare for children. The motherhood penalty tends to be higher in big cities than in rural areas . In Beijing it is three times higher than in China as a whole. In London it is 26% higher than in the rest of Britain.
A 10% increase in remote or hybrid work was shown to boost employment among mothers by about 1%. Over the ten years to 2020, the share of people working remotely in finance grew by three percentage points, resulting in a five-percentage-point drop in the industry’s employment gap for mothers.
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