Women, Work & Kids

The book discusses the challenges modern women face in the career market, the historical ways women have tackled these challenges, and the root causes of the wage gap. (In brief, women tend to have more responsibilities at home.)

I appreciated that this book focused on the practical realities of what happens to parents’ working lives once they have kids. It doesn’t point fingers or blame anyone. Rather, it explains that couples are rational actors making choices based on the options in front of them. The book also describes characteristics of careers that are more likely to enable (and less likely to penalize) a good family-career balance.