… more likely to take career breaks to take care of children. This can eat into the time they are able to give to … even when women are able to return to work after having children, even when they have managed to secure solid … mothers, as well as less competent than women without children. I don’t know if you have any daughters, but I have …
… I am of course talking about the work of raising children, of taking care of ageing parents, of cooking three … balance sheets, but it has economic value. Those children being raised are future taxpayers. The ageing … Covid, mothers have had to deal with interruptions by children more often than fathers. We have to bear these …
… to our lives. It seems obvious: we need carers to raise children, to take care of older people and those with … do significantly more. They put in more hours caring for children, they cook more, they clean more – across the EU, a … nightly clapping for carers and the sight of colleagues’ children on Zoom calls has made the reality sink in that we …
… women are often taking care of their parents, as well as children. Our data shows that the gender pay gap actually … make this a reality. Last, affordable care services, for children and for older people, would help both women and men …
… to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and ageing parents. Although this unpaid care work … governments’ balance sheets, it has value to the economy. Children are future taxpayers and older people would be …