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Pilar Gonalons-Pons

@pgonalon.bsky.social
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Sociology Prof @ Upenn. Feminist studying gender, families, inequality, and social policy. She/her. The nuclear family is radioactive ⚠️⚠️

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Pilar Gonalons-Pons @pgonalon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Here's one key finding. It shows that having children has a negative impact on family income and that childcare costs exacerbate this "birth penalty" for women wo college but not for women w college. As childcare prices go up, inequality between the two groups increases ⬆️
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Pilar Gonalons-Pons @pgonalon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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Pilar Gonalons-Pons @pgonalon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Here's one key finding. It shows that having children has a negative impact on family income and that childcare costs exacerbate this "birth penalty" for women wo college but not for women w college. As childcare prices go up, inequality between the two groups increases ⬆️
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