Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Dora Tuda:
I will be very quick. I will add to the statements of Dr. Redmond and Dr. Russell. From international literature, especially in the UK, we know that if women choose part-time work after they have children, they never fully catch up with men over their lifetimes in the context of their earnings. That means they miss out on both on-the-job learning and promotion opportunities. The sole fact is that if they do choose flexible or part-time work once they have children they will never fully catch up with men. That is what drives the gender wage gap, even at the top of the earnings distribution.
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