In the year following the birth of a first child, women aged 25 to 34 saw their earnings fall by almost half compared to women with no children, according to the 2016 census, said RBC Economics Research. The reason younger women see more of an income loss could be due to having children at the same time as a key period for career development and advancement, RBC said. "This suggests that having children early in one's career can have an outsized impact on earnings." Women delay having childrenOne of the ways that women mitigate losing income in their careers is to delay having children. Added to all this, having children is not the only factor that weighs on earnings for women.

Source: CBC News April 01, 2019 19:50 UTC