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Some suggest women’s lack of competitiveness relative to men is one reason for the persistent gap between how much men and women earn.
Findings add to growing concerns about the wage gap between men and women – as well as a gap between Asians and whites.
Women make about 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, little changed in recent years. Could more pay transparency change that?
New data show that while the gender gap on housework is narrowing, women still carry the load.
New research shows that parenthood contributes to the gender pay gap and penalises all women, particularly those who were on high incomes before having children.
Data shows that the gender wage gap can be partially explained by how different skills and psychological traits are treated in the labour market.
The long term financial consequences of the pay gap are clear; but could there also been impacts on health?
Pay transparency laws are the latest effort to eliminate the still-yawning gap between the salaries of men and women. Do they work?
Male university graduates earn more than their female counterparts and the pay gap will likely increase with the more time spent in the workforce, according to new research. A study by Graduate Careers…
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