Working at home and the gender wage gap

Elisa Birch; Alison Preston

doi:10.1111/irj.12456

Working at home and the gender wage gap

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This paper examines the impact of working at home on the wages of men and women using cross‐sectional and panel data from Australia. The results show that working at home helps narrow the gender wage gap. A concerning finding is that fathers who work at home earn significantly less than other men who work at home. Policy implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-144
Number of pages	20
Journal	Industrial Relations Journal
Volume	56
Issue number	2
Early online date	Nov 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12456
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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