Has the Rise of Work from Home Reduced the Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market?

Autor/inn/en	Harrington, Emma; Kahn, Matthew E.
Titel	Has the Rise of Work from Home Reduced the Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Hat die Zunahme der Heimarbeit die Benachteiligung von Müttern auf dem Arbeitsmarkt verringert?
Quelle	In: National tax journal, 79 (2026) 2, S. 507-527 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1944-7477
DOI	10.1086/740865
Schlagwörter	Familie; Mutter; Vater; Frau; Einkommensunterschied; Einkommenseffekt; Beruf; Beruflicher Aufstieg; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Erwerbstätiger; Individuelle Arbeitszeit; Qualifikation; Telearbeit; Auswirkung; Arbeitnehmer; USA
Abstract	"When women become mothers, many step back from the workforce. Could work from home (WFH) mitigate this motherhood penalty, particularly in traditionally family-unfriendly careers? We leverage prepandemic technological changes that increased the feasibility of WFH in some college degrees but not others. In degrees where WFH increased, motherhood gaps in employment narrowed: for every 10 percent increase in WFH, mothers' employment rates increased by 0.78 percentage points (or 0.94 percent) relative to other women's. These changes are driven by occupations with inflexible time demands. Panel data show that women who could WFH before childbirth are less likely to exit the workforce." The study refers to the period 2003-2019 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4