A new government report comparing the wages of men and women, with and without children, demonstrate a new form of gender discrimination.
The research shows that women with children under the age of 18 earn less than women without young children, while men with children under the age of 18 earn more than men without minor children, according to Yahoo!
Based off of the recent findings, researchers and experts say the study is further proving the difficulties women face in the workplace, despite all of the strides they've made over the years.
"I think parenthood is like the new site of gender discrimination," said Michelle Budig, sociology professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Budig's research shows that even after taking out factors that would cause women to lose money, like taking time off to raise children, they still make less for each child they have.
However, men are likely to see an increase in their salaries after getting married and having children.
In a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a 2012 study showed that women with children under the age of 18 brought it around $680 per week compared to women without younger children who brought in $697.
On the other hand, men with young children brought in around $946 compared to men without minor children, bringing in $799.
The BLS research also showed that women made 81 percent of what men made last year, noting that salary equality has met a much slower increase in recent years. Additionally, the gap widens the most around age 35.
Francine Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University, expressed her concern for women whose employers assume they will take off work to raise their children.
"If employers believe on average that women with children would be less good workers, then they might discriminate against all women with children," she said.
