Why this tech CEO is calling on Biden to give $2,400 monthly stimulus checks to moms

The founder of Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani, stirred controversy in The New York Times after launching her full-page ad to incite the Biden administration to launch her Marshall Plan for Moms. This would include a $2,400 monthly stimulus check to mothers specifically for the unpaid labor that they perform within the household. I think the Marshall Plan for Moms would significantly impact a woman's decision on whether or not she should be involved in the labor force because if she was compensated for the nonmarket work that she is committing herself to, this would incentivize staying home and decrease her laborforce participation. When a mother has to juggle working long hours of work remotely over zoom while being distracted by housework that must be tended to such as childcare and housework, these paychecks would eliminate the need for the mother to do multiple things all at the same time and specifically tend to the needs of her kids. The women that this would specifically affect are the women who are single mothers. I say this because since their children cannot attend in-person school and work is done remotely at home, the single mother has to complete her market work but also pose as a nanny and a teacher since the children need undivided attention during this difficult time. The women that this would affect the least are the mothers who have a partner who makes a sufficient amount of money in market-work. I say this because the family would still be in a good enough spot financially for the mother to leave the labor force and be there for her children and the housework. She would have an obvious incentive to leave the labor force from the start because it is essential for her to step in and fill these roles when the children have to learn remotely while still remaining financially stable because the father is spending his time in market work and having a consistent income pouring in.

Kaytlyn Tyler

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/25/tech-ceo-reshma-saujani-calls-for-2400-monthly-stimulus-to-moms.html