Menopause Diagnosis Affects Women's Earnings

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Women's earnings fall 10% four years after menopause diagnosis

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Economists at UCL , University of Bergen , Stanford University and University of Delaware calculated that women experience a 4.3% reduction in their earnings, on average, in the four years following a menopause diagnosis, with losses deepening to 10% by the fourth year .

The fall in earnings and hours worked is concentrated among women without a university degree, with graduate women suffering no earnings penalty.

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