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Reform policies to curb "motherhood penalty": Treasury research
A Treasury paper revealing a "motherhood penalty", in which women's earnings fall by an average of 55% in the first five years of parenthood while men's are unchanged, suggests there is a role for policy to reduce barriers to a more equal allocation of household duties.
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