For the record - March 19, 2008
Feminism: An Op-Ed article Tuesday on feminism stated that women who are mothers are paid 10 cents less for the same work done by women who are not mothers, and cited Anne Alstott of Yale Law School as the source. The research was not limited to mothers “doing the same work,” and Alstott in her book, “No Exit,” attributed the research to Jane Waldogel of Columbia University and others. Also, the figure is 10 percentage points.
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