Studies Show Wage Gap in Mothers is Larger than the Gender Wage Gap

 

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Alexandria Manthey, TV2 News Director

Recent studies show the wage gap between women with children and childless women is even more significant than the gender wage gap. Research suggests that mothers were offered $11,000 lower starting salaries than women without children. TV2’s Alexandria Manthey spoke to Portage County mothers and Women’s studies experts to see its effect.