09-03-2017, 11:37 PM
(09-03-2017, 03:49 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: 1-2 cents to the dollar would be among the smallest estimates and not likely accurate. For an accurate measure of the gender wage gap, one figure would not be enough. We would need to look at different industries, regions, types of jobs, etc. This would come up with a number of different wage gaps that could then be averaged into a smaller number of figures.
Unless that field for that specific job is split 50/50 men to women then none will fit. Which is the point of the data I posted. Men choose different careers than women. Men spend more time working than women. The only way you could measure it is if you took a woman who basically lived like a man with no family and willing to work any hours. Which is fine but it doesn't do anyThing for the average woman who cares about having a family and being able to walk away from work to raise her children.
