In fact, the more children a mother was described as having, the lower the salary that the test subjects said they would offer. Other studies have shown that the reverse is true for men. The more children they have, the higher the salary offers they receive. |
Not mentioning that you have children, or trying to hide the fact, is obviously a limited strategy. We're doing another study now to try and determine whether companies with 'family-friendly' and 'work-life balance' policies are less likely to discriminate against mothers than employers that don't have such policies. But in the meantime, what I hear is the advice that mothers give each other. |
We're not saying that employers discriminate against mothers because they don't like them. |