【國立臺灣大學社會工作學系X 1132學術演講】Compounded disadvantage in an equalizing welfare state? The motherhood penalty across the wage distribution in Norway and Sweden
本講座資訊如下：
• Time 時間：12:30-13:30, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 (2025年5月13日星期二12:30-13:30)
• Location 地點：Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University 401（國立臺灣大學社會社工系館 401會議室）
• Link for online participants線上連結：https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4418163238?pwd=WDZ4NzF4aUZZZFJvU0wzbjVDcE11Zz09
Meeting ID: 441 816 3238
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• Host 主持：Julia Shu-Huah WANG, Associate Professor 臺大社工系 汪書華 副教授
• Speaker 講者
Erwan Dujeancourt
Researcher
The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University
• About the Speaker 關於講者
Erwan Dujeancourt is a Researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University. He is also a research affiliate at the Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO) and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), as well as the Employment and Well-Being Committee funded by the European Union. His research focuses on applied microeconomics, with interests in wealth, labor income, entrepreneurship, gender, and household economics, utilizing administrative data.
After studying at Paris-Saclay University (France), Ca’ Foscari University (Italy), and Georgia State University (USA), Erwan earned a triple Bachelor's degree in International Economics, German and English Literature and Civilization, and Management. He then completed a double Master’s degree in International Economics and Business from the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and Fudan University (China). He earned his Ph.D. from Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) in 2024. Alongside his studies, Erwan held lecturer and teaching positions at the College of Charleston (USA), the University of Groningen, Paris-Saclay University, and Jönköping International Business School. He also worked as a research assistant on a universal vaccination coverage project at the International Center for Public Policy for the World Bank. His past work includes writing a report on the Gender Wealth Gap in Sweden, and he was a visiting researcher at Vanderbilt University (USA). Erwan has published articles in Information Systems, Socio-Economic Review, Small Business Economics, and the Journal of Human Resources.
• Abstract 摘要
Authors: Erwan Dujeancourt, Marie Evertsson, Rense Nieuwenhuis
The motherhood penalty has been a prominent topic of research for decades, with studies highlighting its variability over time, across countries, and across hierarchical levels in the labor market. Much recent research has focused on the U.S., a market-oriented country with limited family leave entitlements, with the central question of whether the motherhood penalty was larger at the top or the bottom of the wage distribution. Considerable debate arose around how the results depended on the statistical models and covariates used (e.g., Borgen et al., 2023; Budig & Hodges, 2010, 2014; Rios-Avila & Maroto, 2024). However, although much of this research was spurred by a methodological debate, the conclusions in the end are similar: women at the lower end of the wage distribution are punished more for motherhood than those at the higher end. Among higher-wage women, some studies even found a wage premium for motherhood.
In this paper, we shift the focus to Norway and Sweden—two countries with generous family leave policies and accessible childcare. This provides a novel opportunity to study how the motherhood penalty varies across the wage distribution in country contexts that are more supportive of combining motherhood with paid work. While such policies are designed to help mothers balance care and employment, research suggests they may also contribute to statistical discrimination, especially at higher hierarchical levels.
Using comprehensive Norwegian and Swedish population register data from 2015 to 2020, we examine the wages of 1.9 million women, comparing mothers with women without children. Our study analyzes both (a) the overall wage penalty for motherhood and (b) wage penalties per child, with a particular focus on how these penalties differ across the wage distribution. Preliminary results suggest that penalties are especially pronounced at both ends of the income distribution, with the highest penalties occurring at the upper end.
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※ 注意事項：本演講以英文進行。
※ 主辦單位：國立臺灣大學社會工作學系
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