Tag: Gender Pay Gap
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The Gender Wage Gap Lie
Slate: The Gender Wage Gap Lie You know that “women make 77 cents to every man’s dollar” line you’ve heard a hundred times? It’s not true. … … How to get a more accurate measure? First, instead of comparing annual wages, start by comparing average weekly wages. This is considered a slightly more accurate measure…
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Get’: How to Fix the Gender Gap in Salary Negotiations
Atlantic: 'Don't Ask, Don't Get': How to Fix the Gender Gap in Salary Negotiations Many women have trouble asking for more money at work—but it doesn't have to be that way. … Many women don't know how to ask for the money. So many, in fact, that Carnegie Mellon runs a Negotiation Academy for Women…
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Recent studies have shown that the wage gap shrinks—or even reverses—when relevant factors are taken into account and comparisons are made between men and women in similar circumstances. …
Wall Street Journal: There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap A study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30 found that women earned 8% more than men. … Thus the mantra that women make only 77% of what men earn for equal work. But even a cursory review of the data…
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In Part-Time Jobs, Women Out-Earn Men
New York Times: In Part-Time Jobs, Women Out-Earn Men This article is several months old, but I thought it offered some fascinating data. The article notes: … Additionally, men and women are not equally distributed amongst these different workweek lengths. Women are much more likely to be in part-time jobs than men. In fact, in…
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Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top
Time: Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top … But now there's evidence that the ship may finally be turning around: according to a new analysis of 2,000 communities by a market research company, in 147 out of 150 of the biggest cities in the U.S., the median full-time salaries of young women are 8%…