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lumberjack_jeff

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5. Most of the gap is the result of choice.

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 02:12 AM

Dec 2013

Fewer hours, in shorter careers, in lower paying occupations.

The remaining differential (6-ish percent) is at least partly due to men's greater likelihood to negotiate for salary and women's greater priority of flexible hours and benefits.

Consider this. What would be an economically rational decision for new parents with fixed expenses, with the mom home on unpaid maternity leave? More overtime for dad, perhaps?

Strangely enough, both ends of the pay gap (men making more and women making less) are partly attributable to women's choices.

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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