NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — We hear it over and over again: the myth of the gender wage “gap.” Here’s President Obama, speaking on June 4: “And we’ve made progress. But we’ve got a lot more to do. Women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.” An Obama...
This is an argument I’ve seen before. When anti-feminists explain why the gender wage gap doesn’t exist or is justified, they frequently claim the wage gap reflects men being paid more for taking hazardous jobs or dangerous jobs. Often men’s rights activist (MRA) Warren Farrell is cited...
"This study leads to the unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action. Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences...
The wage gap is real, and it's hurt some of us in the past. The wage gap is real, and it's hurt some of us in the past. It's easy to write off the gender wage gap as a myth perpetuated by scorned women looking for something to complain about. But in reality, there's hard ...
Bloomberg– “Don’t Blame Discrimination for Gender Wage Gap” Forbes– “It’s Time That We End the Equal Pay Myth” Reuters– “Female U.S. corporate directors out-earn men: study” Telegraph– “The gender pay gap does not exist” ...
The Myth of the Wage GapApril 8, 1999, was dubbed Equal Pay Day by the National Committee on Pay Equity, which joined...Furchtgott-Roth, DianaU.S. Commission on Civil RightsCivil Rights JournalFurchgott-Roth, Diana. "The Myth of...
“Every single data set that asks about economic experiences, economic outcomes, and financial well-being should ask questions about sexual orientation and gender identity,” he said. Until that happens, answers to questions about LGBT financial health will continue to be fuzzy....
Market wage or discrimination? The remuneration of male and female wool spinners in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic In the historical debate, the gender wage gap is usually attributed either to productivity differences or to gender discrimination. By analysing a newly co... ELISE,VAN,NEDERVEEN...
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Moreover, we are able to show what effect a misspecification of the underlying wage equation – like the frequent use of potential experience – has on the calculated gender wage gap. Over time, raw wage differentials worldwide have fallen substantially; however, most of this decrease is due ...