1.报告论文

The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting (Journal of Comparative Economics)

2.主讲人

鲁静萱（中经管2021级本科生）

3.论文摘要

This paper estimates the labor market impacts of parenthood in China. We find that becoming a mother has negative impacts on women’s labor outcomes. But the impacts appear to recover sooner than what has been found in other countries. A decomposition exercise suggests that parenthood plays a limited role in explaining the large gender inequality in China’s labor market. We document a form of intergenerational arrangement that is prevalent among Chinese families: Upon the arrival of a child, grandmothers substantially reduce market labor supply and provide much of the childcare. Grandparents’ help with childcare likely plays an important role in alleviating the motherhood effect. Suggestive evidence indicates that in return, grandparents who help with childcare receive more intra-family transfers and report higher subjective wellbeing. We further show that the motherhood effect, though relatively small, has increased substantially over the past decades. The rising gender gap in the labor market, the declining state sector that historically provides more flexible accommodations for working mothers, and the abolishment of the one-child policy all suggest a rising burden of motherhood on labor market outcomes.

4.时间

2024年3月13日 12:45-14:15

5.地点

学术会堂712

6.点评老师

戴田甜 姜神怡 明洋 尹鹏辉

7.活动对象

创新发展学院本科生、研究生

8.人数规模

30人

9.主办单位

创新发展学院中国经济与管理研究院