# Are Childbirths Associated with Gender Inequality

By [Hammer](https://paragraph.com/@mmming) · 2022-05-08

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Children have a bigger impact on gender inequality than education inequality and gender discrimination.

Long-run child penalty on women’s earnings has been estimated to be equal to 20 % compared to pre-birth levels.

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*Originally published on [Hammer](https://paragraph.com/@mmming/are-childbirths-associated-with-gender-inequality)*