Lesbian couples navigate sperm donation, medical treatments, and legal frameworks to create their families. This study explores kinning, the active process of building family bonds, through interviews with 24 expecting couples in the Netherlands.
How does having children impact mothers’ earnings? A new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family shed light on what drives the child penalty – the income gap that emerges after parenthood.
Research coordinated by SOFI’s Marie Evertsson and the GENPARENT team shows that gender norms and disparities, rather than financial factors, shape how parents divide work and care responsibilities.
