@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7181, author={Angelov, Nikolay and Johansson, Per and Lindahl, Erica}, title={Is the Persistent Gender Gap in Income and Wages Due to Unequal Family Responsibilities?}, year={2013}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={7181}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7181}, abstract={We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and unobserved attributes of the spouse and to estimate both short- and long-term effects of entering parenthood. Our main finding is that 15 years after the first child was born, the male-female gender gaps in income and wages have increased with 35 and 10 percentage points, respectively. In line with a collective labor supply model, the magnitude of these effects depends on relative incomes or wages within the family.}, keywords={gender gap;quantile regression;income;wages}, }