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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Butler

More affordable childcare would boost women’s retirement savings, report says

A yellow spade is stuck upright in a children's sand pit surrounded by other toys at a childcare centre
Modelling by Deloitte found women earning median wage would have $118,000 more in super by retirement if changes allowed them to work five days a week. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Women would be as much as $118,000 better off in retirement if subsidies were increased to make childcare more affordable, according to new research by Industry Super Australia (ISA).

ISA said the move would help close the gap between men and women, who retire with an average of a third less super than men because of time spent out of the workforce with children, and boost Australia’s total superannuation savings by $35bn by 2050.

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