Weekend Reads – The Cost of Motherhood (NYTIMES)

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An economic mystery of the last few decades has been why more women aren’t working. A new paper offers one answer:

Most plan to, but are increasingly caught off guard by the time and effort it takes to raise children.

College-educated women in particular underestimate the demands of parenthood and the difficulties of combining working and parenting, new research shows.

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