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  "path": "/2026/02/13/childcare-working-women-paid-family-leave-usa-denmark/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T22:51:19.000Z",
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  "tags": [
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    "Motherhood",
    "Paid Family Leave",
    "Paid Sick Leave",
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    "Denmark’s Generous Childcare and Parental Leave Policies Erase 80 Percent of the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ for Working Moms",
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  "textContent": "For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs. Can government programs that provide financial support to parents offset the \"motherhood penalty\" in earnings? Killewald with Therese Christensen, a Danish sociologist, set out to answer this question for moms in Denmark, a Scandinavian country with one of the world’s strongest safety nets.\n\nIn an article to be published in an upcoming issue of _European Sociological Review_ , Christensen and Killewald show how mothers’ increased income from the state, such as from child benefits and paid parental leave, offset about 80 percent of Danish moms’ average earnings losses.\n\nThe post Denmark’s Generous Childcare and Parental Leave Policies Erase 80 Percent of the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ for Working Moms appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "Denmark’s Generous Childcare and Parental Leave Policies Erase 80 Percent of the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ for Working Moms"
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