The Law of Work
  • Home
  • About
  • Professor David Doorey
  • Osgoode Hall LLM
  • Books
  • Guest Contributors
  • Useful Links
    • Archive
  • Home
  • About
  • Professor David Doorey
  • Osgoode Hall LLM
  • Books
  • Guest Contributors
  • Useful Links
    • Archive
The Law of Work
Law of Work Archive

Gender Gap Due to Children and Child Care?

by David Doorey February 2, 2010
written by David Doorey February 2, 2010

Last year I noted a Statistics Canada study that showed that women who have children earn less than women who do not (about 12% less overall).  A new study by some Harvard economists looking at men and women with MBAs has come to a similar conclusion.  I’ve noted a similar study in Canada.
The Harvard study followed the earnings of men and women who graduated from top tier U.S. business schools between 1990 and 2006.  It found that, while the earnings at the outset of their careers were nearly identical, after a decade, female earnings had fallen behind significantly.  While the evidence did not support a finding that women are less productive when at work, the principle explanation for the wage gap was the lost time from work owing to child care responsibilities.  In short, because women give birth, and also spend more time than men raising the children, they miss more work and are less able to work long hours.  This is reflected in women’s earnings over time.
If greater child care responsibilities is the explanation for the fact that women constantly earn much less than men (on average), do you think that this is something that the government should try to ‘fix’ through legislation?  In other words, is it a social problem, or just the proper functioning of labour markets?

0 comment
0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
David Doorey

Professor Doorey is an Associate Professor of Work Law and Industrial Relations at York University. He is Academic Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s executive LLM Program in Labour and Employment Law and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program. Professor Doorey is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., Ph.D), London School of Economics (LLM Labour Law), and the University of Toronto (B.A., M.I.R.).

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

previous post
Guest Blog: Lynk on the Top 5 Most Influential Employment/Labour Law Cases of the Decade
next post
Posting for Director Position: Centre for Research on Work & Society

You may also like

This Blog Entry is About the Lunacy of...

July 21, 2019

A Cross Country Update on the Card-Check versus...

October 3, 2018

The Folly of Not Voting to Strike in...

September 16, 2018

Unifor Posts Photos of Replacement Workers as Gander...

September 10, 2018

A Wrongful Dismissal Case and the Absence of...

August 29, 2018

China Said to Quickly Withdraw Approval for New...

August 27, 2018

The Latest Hot E-Commerce Idea in China: The...

August 27, 2018

The Trump Administration Just Did Something Unambiguously Good...

August 27, 2018

Unstable Situations Require Police In Riot Gear Face...

August 27, 2018

Trump’s War on the Justice System Threatens to...

August 27, 2018

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 334 other subscribers

Follow Us On Social Media

Twitter

Latest Tweets

David J. Doorey🇨🇦Follow

Law Prof. Talking #labor & #employment #law to the masses. Alpaca ❤️ @YorkUniversity @OsgoodeNews @LSELaw @LWPHarvard @Jacobin @OnLaborBlog https://t.co/5V9r8VPHsh

David J. Doorey🇨🇦
TheLawofWorkDavid J. Doorey🇨🇦@TheLawofWork·
20m

You guys aware that Boston’s Northeastern University has a campus in Toronto that charges about US $30k per year for masters’ degrees?

Reply on Twitter 1539988982309785600Retweet on Twitter 1539988982309785600Like on Twitter 1539988982309785600Twitter 1539988982309785600
TheLawofWorkDavid J. Doorey🇨🇦@TheLawofWork·
1h

Conservative Minister of Labour pledges support for strengthening access to collective bargaining for private sector workers including agricultural workers.

That’s what he means, right?

Monte McNaughton@MonteMcNaughton

Make no mistake...our government has the backs of hardworking women and men across Ontario.

We're #WorkingForWorkers by building stronger communities with better jobs and bigger paycheques.

We are leaving no one behind. #ONpoli

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-pcs-pivot-to-blue-collar-concerns-helped-it-flip-several/

Reply on Twitter 1539971959009603586Retweet on Twitter 15399719590096035862Like on Twitter 15399719590096035866Twitter 1539971959009603586
TheLawofWorkDavid J. Doorey🇨🇦@TheLawofWork·
12h

“What novel are you reading right now?”

How about none of your damn business and what does that have to do with being a law professor?

Michelle Strowhiro@strowhiro

What is the *worst* question you’ve ever been asked in a job interview? This employment lawyer wants to know.

My top two (both were from law school during OCI):

▪️“If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”

▪️“What year did you graduate high school?”

Reply on Twitter 1539816103886688258Retweet on Twitter 1539816103886688258Like on Twitter 15398161038866882584Twitter 1539816103886688258
Load More...

Categories

  • Alberta
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Australia
  • British Columbia
  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • Childcare
  • Class Action
  • Climate and Just Transition
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Common Law of Employment
  • Comparative Work Law
  • competition law
  • construction
  • COVID-19
  • Diversity
  • Employee Classification
  • Employment Insurance
  • Employment Regulation
  • Europe
  • Financial Industry
  • Fissured Work
  • Freedom of Association
  • frustration of contract
  • Gig Work
  • Health and Safety
  • Health Care
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration
  • Interest Arbitration
  • International Law
  • Labour Arbitration
  • Labour Economics
  • Law of Work Archive
  • Legal Profession
  • Manitoba
  • Migrant Workers
  • Minimum Wage
  • Nova Scotia
  • OLRB
  • Ontario
  • Pension Bankruptcy
  • Privacy
  • Public Sector
  • Quebec
  • Real Life Pleadings
  • Saskatchewan
  • Scholarship
  • Sports Labour
  • Strikes and Lockouts
  • Student Post
  • Supreme Court of Canada
  • technology
  • Transnational Law
  • Uncategorized
  • Unions and Collective Bargaining
  • United States
  • Videos
  • Women and Work
  • Wrongful Dismissal
  • Home
  • About
  • Guest Contributors
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Guest Contributors
  • Legal Scholarship
  • Useful Links
  • Archive
Menu
  • Legal Scholarship
  • Useful Links
  • Archive

2020. Canadian Law of Work Forum. All Rights Reserved.