MERIT - MothER Income InequaliTy
MERIT - MothER Income InequaliTy
Promoter: Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (ISPUP)
Partners:Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC)
EEA Grants: 82.664,51
Total Amount: 91.849,45
Programme:What is the project about?
The MERIT - MothER Income InequaliTy project will produce knowledge about the impact of motherhood in women’s income and careers, and will produce a combination of concrete public policy proposals to minimize asymmetries and promote gender equality in the labour market, especially through motherhood.
It is an Small Grant Scheme #3 project: White books/studies to foster gender equality
What will it achieve?
- To estimate the impact of motherhood on wages and pensions and to compare it with fatherhood.
- To estimate the impact of motherhood on work life and to compare it with fatherhood.
- To analyse the impact of motherhood on income specifically during the pandemic.To analyse the working conditions and gender asymmetries that arose during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
- To develop a comparative analysis on social and labour policies at the European level, regarding policies related to family support such as maternity/parental leave and work-family balance policies.
- To develop recommendations that mitigate the impact of motherhood on income and gender asymmetries
Working together for an inclusive Europe