continued employment participation may also open up career opportunities and will in all events strengthen pension entitlements so reducing the risk of poverty in old age oecd a there are intergenerational effects on future gender inequality when mothers are in paid work as egalitarian attitudes are shaped both at home and in the public sphere equal sharing of unpaid work between mothers and fathers is also associated with more genderequal attitudes and behaviours of children once they grow up mcginn davis and greenstein