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Yes — but as you can very clearly see from the chart, only women’s earning drop significantly after a child. Men’s do not.

• treis 8y ago
  Only women, generally, go through pregnancy and take significant time off of work to raise children.
  • repolfx 8y ago
    It's amazing that such an obvious statement has to be said! The title of the article is like something out of a comedy: it's "stunning" that people who drop out of work for a while earn less, and that more women than men drop out of work because of childcare? How many people on the street would really be stunned to "learn" that? It's the basics of how the species has always reproduced itself.
• hn_throwaway_99 8y ago
  Yes, I understand that, but I think a reasonable interpretation of that is "The person who provides the bulk of the childcare (i.e. the person who switches focus most from work to family) is the person whose income potential takes the hit." Now, I think it is a very reasonable and worthwhile discussion to have about whether women are unfairly expected to be the primary child caregivers in a relationship (though I still would worry that any natural tendencies that women may have a stronger desire to raise children than men would instantly be derided as some sort of societal bias in today's climate), but it still means that's the thing you should focus on, instead of the unrealistic expectation that focusing on your family instead of your career somehow means your wages should be the same as someone only focused on their career.