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Gender gap or parenthood gaps? The contribution of parenthood to the gender wage gap, 1983-2013
2016
Marta Murray-Close is a research economist at the U.S. Census Bureau. Murray-Close received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and a M.A. degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota.
Murray-Close’s research focuses on the diversity of modern family arrangements with a special interest in the economics of gender and sexual orientation and the economics of nontraditional families. She explores the implications of work-family trade-offs for the personal and professional lives of men and women where heterosexual married couples.
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Marta Murray-Close’s Working Papers
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Motherhood penalties in the U.S., 1986-2014 (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers MAR 13, 2018
By: Eunjung Jee, Joya Misra, Marta Murray-Close
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
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