
Birthrates are declining globally – here's why it matters
2021年6月15日 · Possibly. Some analysts are anticipating a mini baby boom once vaccines are widely available and restrictions are lifted. But even a mini baby boom is unlikely to fully compensate for the decline. Experience shows that when a couple defers having a child, for whatever reason, they typically don’t make it up later. The unborn baby remains unborn.
The 10-year baby window intensifying the gender pay gap
2018年4月17日 · “After the child’s first year of life the gap continues to grow for the next five years, but at a much slower rate, then tapers off and even begins to fall once the child reaches school-age.” The pay gap between all spouses doubled immediately after the first birth as mothers’ pay fell while fathers’ wages increased.
The gender pay gap gets even wider once women have children
2016年8月23日 · The gender pay gap is the lowest on record. It was 23% in 2003 and 28% in 1993. It was 23% in 2003 and 28% in 1993. However, on closer inspection the figures reveal that this is not the case for mid- and highly educated women, where the gender wage gap is essentially the same as it was 20 years ago.
How to reduce the motherhood penalty and the gender pay gap
2022年5月19日 · It’s a term coined by sociologists describing the systematic disadvantage that women encounter in the workplace when they become mothers, in terms of pay, perceived competence and benefits compared to other workers. For me, it is the gender pay gap – some studies have shown the motherhood penalty makes up 80% of the gender pay gap.
What is positive masculinity - and how can it help men and …
2025年1月22日 · And leveraging it - in the right way - can help us bridge the gender gap both at work and at home. Gary Barker is the co-founder of Equimundo, a non-profit that has collected the largest dataset on men, masculinity and gender equality and publishes the only global report on men’s involvement in things parenting and care work.
Older adults are driving workforce change in a digital world
2025年2月17日 · On GetSetUp, our programming constantly integrates the latest technology, which shifts this year to help further train this growing demographic in the latest digital tools for work, including artificial intelligence (AI), and the adjustments that come with that.
From lifespan to healthspan: why childhood nutrition is key to the …
2025年2月24日 · This approach not only offers the potential to add life to years but, more importantly, health to life – which makes investment in childhood nutrition a socio-economic imperative that can help close the gap between different strata of society.
Businesses must target the different generations in China | World ...
2023年6月15日 · Baby boomers (those born between 1950 and 1964) are a generation born during a period of relatively limited material resources. They possess rich social and economic experience. As they move into retirement and a life of leisure, they have more free time to focus on themselves and explore new possibilities.
Global Gender Gap Report 2024 | World Economic Forum
2024年6月11日 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time …
How the American dream turned into greed and inequality
2017年11月9日 · The growing gap between the rich and the poor, the old and the young, has been largely ignored by policymakers and investors until the recent rise of anti-establishment votes, including those for Brexit in the UK and for President Trump in the US. This is a mistake.