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S3 Ep9: Mother-father differences in spending on children
S3 Ep9: Mother-father differences in spending on children
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Are fathers more generous to their sons than their daughters? If that investment is in the child’s education and healthcare, then gender-based differences are not just unfair, they give sons a head start in the future. Rebecca Dizon Ross tells Tim Phillips about a new experiment to measure mother-father differences in spending, and to discover why it happens.
Photo credit: Brian Wolfe/flickr
Photo credit: Brian Wolfe/flickr
Released:
Mar 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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