The reversing gender gap in one chart

Parental time usage, 1965 and now

Almost 8 in 10 daughters raised by the lowest- earning men make more money per hour than their fathers did

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via Women’s Work: The Economic Mobility of Women Across a Generation.

Today’s daughters earn much more than their mothers

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, slightly more than half of all mothers were in the labour force. These women worked, on average, 24 hours per week for a little more than $10 per hour.

Today, 85 percent of all daughters  are employed, and they work 10 additional hours per week and earn $9 more per hour.

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via Women’s Work: The Economic Mobility of Women Across a Generation.

The gender pay gap and motherhood

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Why did the top 1% only pick on men when they increased inequality over recent decades?

Who gained most from the 1996 US welfare reform?

The share of poorly educated single mothers with earnings rose from 49 percent in 1995 to 64 percent in 2000. This group was thought to be the least employable.

Where people are the most and least racially tolerant

via 40 maps that explain the world – The Washington Post.

Who gained the most from US 1996 Federal welfare reforms?

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via Rethinking the War on Poverty: Part 1 in a Series | The GailFosler Group.

Victims, Victims Everywhere: Trigger Warnings, Liberty, and the Academy

The NYT must be slipping with "When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire”

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The best part of the article is its frank admission about how bare the cupboard is in dealing with the impact of generous maternity leave on the gender gap. Maternity leave should not be too generous, should not be paid by employers but by taxpayers, and should extend to both  men and women.

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via When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire – NYTimes.com.

The driver of inequality that dare not speak its name

The employment rates of sole parents with kindergarten age children, OECD, 2011

Figure 1: percentage of sole parents not working with youngest child aged 3-5, OECD, 2011

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Source: OECD family database

Figure 2: percentage of sole parents part-time with youngest child aged 3-5, OECD, 2011

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Source: OECD family database

Male labour force participation has been in a long-term decline

The employment rates of sole parents with school age children, OECD, 2011

Figure 1: percentage of sole parents working with youngest child aged 6-14, 2011

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Source: OECD family database

Figure 2: percentage of sole parents working part0time with youngest child aged 6-14, 2011

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Source: OECD family database

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