Re:Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data
by pg on Thursday August 09, 2007 @12:41AM
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I think the reason men do less dramatic stuff after they have kids is not just that they don't need to impress women anymore. After all, women also get less done after they have kids. The kids themselves are a big part of the reason both parents get less done. Maybe the main reason. And not just because they take up all their parents' time. Once people have kids, they often think of their kids as the most important thing in the world. And that means whatever project they were working on before is now at best number 2.
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Re:Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data
by nostrademons on Thursday August 09, 2007 @08:18AM
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All true, but the paper included graphs of women's "productivity" over time too, and the dropoff was nowhere near as severe after peak childbearing years. If it were just a matter of time spent taken care of kids, you'd expect women to suffer a larger output decline, as the bulk of childrearing duties falls on them.