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The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap
Gender pay gap narrowed in the 1980s and ’90s, but progress has stalled since
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- The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap
- Gender pay gap narrowed in the 1980s and ’90s, but progress has stalled since
- As women age, their pay relative to the pay of men of the same age decreases
- Women’s pay relative to men’s drops most sharply around ages 35 to 44
- Younger mothers are less active in the workplace than women without kids at home; fathers are more active
- Mothers work fewer hours at jobs than women without kids at home; fathers work more
- How much women earn relative to fathers varies by age and whether or not they have children at home
- Mothers earn about as much as women with no children at home who have the same level of education
- Women are more likely than men to hold at least a bachelor’s degree
- Women with a bachelor’s degree face about the same pay gap as other women
- Women and men tend to work in different occupations, but some differences have narrowed since 1982
- Black and Hispanic women experience the largest gender wage gap
- The growth in women’s earnings has slowed in the past two decades