Executive summary: Having children leads to short-term productivity declines for mothers and more engaged fathers, but the effects diminish after about 10 years. Delaying parenthood, taking parental leave, and having fewer children can mitigate the productivity hit.
Key points:
Mothers suffer median 17% productivity loss after having a child, fading after 10 years. Fathers unaffected unless primary caregivers.
Each additional child adds ~11% more productivity loss.
Delaying children until after 30 avoids long-term productivity declines.
Being less engaged as a parent reduces impact on productivity.
Having children intentionally rather than accidentally reduces productivity hit.
Working in more collaborative fields like computer science mitigates productivity declines.
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Executive summary: Having children leads to short-term productivity declines for mothers and more engaged fathers, but the effects diminish after about 10 years. Delaying parenthood, taking parental leave, and having fewer children can mitigate the productivity hit.
Key points:
Mothers suffer median 17% productivity loss after having a child, fading after 10 years. Fathers unaffected unless primary caregivers.
Each additional child adds ~11% more productivity loss.
Delaying children until after 30 avoids long-term productivity declines.
Taking 1+ month parental leave (up to 1 year) boosts productivity 11-17%.
Being less engaged as a parent reduces impact on productivity.
Having children intentionally rather than accidentally reduces productivity hit.
Working in more collaborative fields like computer science mitigates productivity declines.
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