According to a study done by SACO (Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations), single women earn more than their married or co-habitating counterparts. An article in The Local notes,
“Saco's chairperson Anna Ekström and Saco's economist Håkan Regnér point out that women are punished when they start a family whereas men's salaries often get a boost.
Employers expect women to take more responsibility in the home, and therefore reward them less economically. Women spend more time at home, and men work more, thus widening the inequality, the study says.”
Dagens Nyheter notes that, according to SACO, women lose between 5 and 10% by moving in with their partner while men earn about 10 to 15% more when they marry or co-habitate. I guess Sweden isn’t a complete utopian paradise after all. It’s more like the rest of the world than we first may have thought.
Astri! Check out this blogpost! http://ekonomistas.se/2008/05/24/r-jmstlldhet-vgen-till-lycka/ I wrote a long comment summarizing it but I lost it as I tried to publish it
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