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  • Motherhood, Safety net, Income inequality, Denmark, Gender inequality, Scandinavia, Government benefits, Mothers Day, Mother's Day, motherhood penalty
    A Danish mom drops her young son at his school in Copenhagen. – Photo credit: Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
    Culture, Family, Money, Politics

    Denmark’s generous parental leave policies erase eighty percent of the ‘motherhood penalty’

    Alexandra Killewald

    2/3/2026

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