Economics
Modern Motherhood Has Economists Worried
A better balance between work and family could boost the world economy.
Currently, women around the world are much less likely than men their age to be employed.
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Motherhood is changing, as are mothers' working lives—and those changes have economists concerned.
For a while, women around the world were making clear economic progress. More of them were working, and they were earning more (and boosting the global economy in the process).