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Major Nikon

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3. I'm just pointing out what part of the gap might be due to discrimination

Reply to rrneck (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 04:50 AM

Dec 2013

Pretty much all comprehensive wage gap studies (including one done by feminists) put the unexplained portion of the wage gap at around 6%. Within that 6% you have a number of factors which are difficult to quantify, one of which is discrimination.

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A question about the gender wage gap. (X post from GD) [View all] rrneck Dec 2013 OP

A better question is how much of the gender wage gap one thinks is due to discrimination Major Nikon Dec 2013 #1

Discrimination may be rooted in something more fundamental rrneck Dec 2013 #2

I'm just pointing out what part of the gap might be due to discrimination Major Nikon Dec 2013 #3

I suspect that rrneck Dec 2013 #4

Most of the gap is the result of choice. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #5

There's choices and then there's choices. rrneck Dec 2013 #6

You make it sound like that there's no reason that some careers don't pay much. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #9

Same here. rrneck Dec 2013 #11

Doublethink Major Nikon Dec 2013 #7

In general, couples behave as a team. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #8

Gender equal opportunity does not necessarily mean equal outcomes Major Nikon Dec 2013 #10