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Article: Study: Dads Work Harder After Birth
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- June 16, 2000
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06-16-2000
Study: Dads Work Harder After Birth
SEATTLE (AP) -- Research shows fathers work longer hours after the birth of a first child, and the increase appears to be greater if the child is a boy, a new study says.
The two University of Washington economics professors who conducted the study say they don't know why the disparity exists, but one possibility is that spouses interpret their roles differently according to their children's gender.
``It's maybe a bit of a wake-up call that fatherhood of a son is something different from fatherhood of a daughter,'' said Shelly Lundberg, who conducted the study with Elaina Rose. ``That's something that's not in our day-to-day ...