“Even if women work more, they often do more housework, even if men have more time,” explains Van der Put. The difference with couples without children is small, but the arrival of children is often a tipping point in women’s careers: 45 percent will work less or stop working if they have a child. For men, that is less than 7 percent.
Three-quarters of women want to be economically independent, but the practice lags behind
