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Alexandra Killewald, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms

A Danish mom drops her young son at his school in Copenhagen. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images

For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs.

Raising children tends to lead to lower wages and fewer work hours for mothers – but not fathers – in the United States and around the world.

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