Fed does study on parenthood

Have professor clients thinking about having kids, but concerned it’ll bring their research output down to a trickle?

Read: Kids don’t understand money, say parents

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis conducted a study on the impact of parenthood on academic economists, and found:

• Motherhood is not associated with low research productivity
• No statistically significant effect of a first child on research productivity

But the data’s mixed. The study also found:

• The effect of parenthood on research productivity is negative for unmarried women and positive for untenured men.
• Becoming a mother before 30 years of age appears to have a detrimental effect on research productivity.

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