The Gender Pay Gap is Closing at a Leisurely Pace, and It’s Hardly Cause for Celebration
The gender pay gap is slowly closing, according to a new report by Glassdoor Economic Research. According to the report, the unadjusted pay gap between men and women in the U.S. is 21.4%. In other words, women earn $0.79 for every $1.00 that men earn. And the gap is...
A wider perspective on the pay gap. Why and how to close it.
As a student of law and political sciences, I used to think that gender inequality was an obvious issue for most of my friends, family and acquaintances. Beyond that, I thought – or wanted to think – that everyone understood the urgency to solve it. Of...
The economics of the UK gender pay gap
The gender pay gap is an issue that lies close to my heart. I am a woman who took science and maths at school, studied an Economics degree, and now works in finance; all male-dominated fields. I don’t think I should earn less than my colleagues because I’m a...