Opinion
Women don’t ‘choose’ to work less – there is no choice
The “motherhood penalty” in Australia is higher than our peers. It’s dragging on national productivity.
Gordon Cleveland and Georgie DentThe revealing of the gender pay gap in almost 5000 employers in Australia last week has, inevitably, led to conversations about how men and women “choose” to work.
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Gordon Cleveland is emeritus associate professor of economics at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and a member of the Expert Panel on Early Learning and Child Care Data and Research.
Georgie Dent is CEO of The Parenthood
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