Authors: Christianne Corbett (female) & Catherine Hill (female)
What accounts for the unexplained gap?
Consider a hypothetical pair of graduates—one
man and one woman—from the same university
who majored in the same field. One year later,
both were working full time, the same number
of hours each week, in the same occupation and
sector. Our analysis shows that despite these
similarities, the woman would earn about 7 percent less than the man would earn. Why do
women still earn less than men do after we control for education and employment differences?
Gender discrimination is one potential contributor to the unexplained pay gap. The increasing
numbers of claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the millions AAUW 3
of dollars employers pay annually in awards,
settlements, and other legal fees make clear
that gender discrimination remains a serious
problem in American workplaces. Experimental
evidence confirms that many people continue
to hold biases against women in the workplace,
especially those who work in traditionally male
fields. Thus, there are solid reasons to believe
that gender discrimination is a problem in the
workplace.
Yet discrimination is impossible to measure
directly, and many who discriminate—both men
and women—may not be aware that they are
doing so. For all of these reasons, it is likely that
at least part of the unexplained gap results from
discrimination.
Another possible explanation for the unexplained portion of the pay gap is a gender difference in willingness and ability to negotiate
salary. Negotiating a salary can make a difference in earnings, and men are more likely than women to negotiate their salaries. In part, this
difference may reflect women’s awareness that
employers are likely to view negotiations by men
more favorably than negotiations by women.
Nonetheless, negotiation may account for some
portion of the unexplained gap.
The choice of words they use already shows how serious and solid their study was.
Reasons to believe, likely that, may...
Also, if men are more likely than women to negotiate their salaries, then do something about it. In this case the discrepancy in pay has nothing to do with not being treated equally, but all with you women not taking initiative...
AppleQueso wrote:I think it's pretty absurd that the thread has been derailed into a discussion about gender roles in modern society all because I said I was uncomfortable with the idea of killing people.
I mean we have derails all the time here, but really?
It's just like real life. One second you're talking about your job, next you're talking about that one time you stuck a banana in yo... ... ... nevermind.
