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