21 February 2019

Jakob Søgaard’s research on ’motherhood penalty’ on Netflix

Motherhood is the biggest cause of the gender pay gap. This is true even in Scandinavia and that is an obvious subject for a Netflix documentary.


Jakob Søgaard investigates why women continue to earn significantly less than men even in Scandinavia - our region long considered the forerunner in offering better opportunities for women to balance career and family.

Read Jakob’s pixie story about Children and Gender Inequality – evidence from Denmark here.