A new study has revealed that leaving children to go to work may have significant benefits on them later in life.

It was found that daughters are more likely to have better careers, higher pay and more equal relationships if their mothers worked than those of stay-at-home mothers, the BBC reported. However, it had little impact on a son’s employment prospects; but working mothers do tend to have kinder and caring sons.

Researchers from Harvard Business School analysed data from the Family and Changing Gender Roles section of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). The survey covered 24 countries, including North and South America, Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.