Abraham, Rosa; Lahoti, Rahul; Swaminathan, Hema - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021
finding is that the birth of the first child does not impose a penalty, in the traditional understanding, on a mother's labour …The impact of childbirth on women's employment has been discussed extensively in the context of developed countries …. Constraints on mothers' labour market participation and consequent fall in earnings are characterised as the 'motherhood penalty …