CEP News: The Daily Mail online: Having a second baby forces women into poverty: Childcare costs see mothers in low-paid jobs give up work to look after children instead

The Daily Mail online:
Having a second baby forces women into poverty: Childcare costs see mothers in low-paid jobs give up work to look after children instead

7 August 2016

The addition of a second child can put families under serious financial strain - and in the case of women on the lowest incomes - convince them to give up work altogether in the face of rising childcare costs, a new study has found. Economists Claudia Hupkau and Marion Leturcq compared women in skilled and low-skilled jobs before the birth of their first child and again after their second.

This article was published online by the Daily Mail on August 7, 2016
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Claudia Hupkau webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage
Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) website

The Daily Mail online:Having a second baby forces women into poverty: Childcare costs see mothers in low-paid jobs give up work to look after children instead

The Daily Mail online:
Having a second baby forces women into poverty: Childcare costs see mothers in low-paid jobs give up work to look after children instead