{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/972e404e-6d0e-4fea-8f77-047654feceb2/65284280e61f1e001327c5ed?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reasons Revisited: Parental Leave","description":"<p>The winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics was announced earlier this week. Claudia Goldin’s research showed that at the point of having a child women's wages start to lag behind men's. But why is parenthood a penalty for mothers? Could a more generous parental leave offer - including a ‘use it or lose it’ policy for fathers - be the key to achieving gender equality? </p><p><br></p><p><u>Guests</u></p><p>Sam Smethers, former CEO,&nbsp;Fawcett Society</p><p>Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland</p><p>Molly Mayer, former senior research and policy officer, Fawcett Society</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Listen to RTBC episode 64 <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/reasonstobecheerful/episodes/64.sharingandcaring-thecaseforpaternityleave\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sharing and Caring: the case for paternity leave</a> (December 2018)</p><p>Listen to RTBC episode 194 <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/reasonstobecheerful/episodes/194.gobig-1-abigideaforgenderequality\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Go Big #1: A big idea for gender equality </a>(June 2021)</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about the charity <a href=\"https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pregnant then Screwed</a> and <a href=\"https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/boosting-paternity-leave-has-economic-benefits/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">their research</a> that shows boosting paternity leave has economic benefits</p><p><br></p><p>Read about Claudia Goldin’s <a href=\"https://scholar.harvard.edu/goldin/home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">work</a> and winning the <a href=\"https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2023/press-release/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2023 Nobel Prize in Economics</a></p><p><br></p><p>We'll be back on Monday with our next full episode of Reasons to be Cheerful!</p>","author_name":"Cheerful"}