Podcast Job mobility and the gender pay gap What parenthood means for job moves, and the gender pay gap RSS In this episode, we discuss the effects of parenthood on job mobility and what this means for the gender pay gap with Dr. Silvia Avram, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, and Alesha De Freitas, Head of Policy, Research and Advocacy (at time of recording) at the Fawcett Society. EmploymentFamily and households
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