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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:37:16am WEST
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A11: Gender, Health Disparities, and Social Inequality Location: Room 112 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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Compounded Disadvantage in Equalizing Welfare States? The Motherhood Penalty Across the Wage Distribution in Norway and Sweden Stockholm University, Sweden A central question in public economics is whether motherhood penalties differ across the wage distribution. Standard theories predict larger penalties among high-wage women due to greater career interruptions and foregone earnings, while lower-wage women should experience smaller losses. Evidence from the United States, however, shows the opposite pattern. We examine whether this gradient persists in two egalitarian welfare states, Norway and Sweden, characterized by generous parental leave, subsidized high-quality childcare, and universal health care. Using population register data from 2016–2020, we compare mothers to childless women and estimate both the overall wage penalty and the marginal penalty per child across the income distribution. We find that motherhood penalties are most pronounced at the lower end of the wage distribution, while they are modest, and even reversed, at the top. These results challenge the welfare state paradox, suggesting that extensive family policies do not fully mitigate compounded disadvantage among lower-wage mothers.
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