subsidised or free childcare for very young children, could help reduce the motherhood penalty. However, such policies are likely … labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 … are much more likely to be unemployed, work part-time or on temporary contracts than men with children of the same age. We …

future.’ In this article, I examine trends in the employment gap between mothers and fathers of young children over the last …In 1985, Gary Becker predicted employment and childcare sex gaps may ‘disappear or be greatly attenuated in the near …