Study finds pay practices, job barriers to blame for women making less than men
Study finds pay practices, job barriers to blame for women making less than men
- November 29, 2022
- Andrew Penner, sociology, Phys.org, Nov. 29, 2022
Despite advances in gender equality, women still earn less than men in all advanced, industrialized societies. Who—or what—is to blame? A new 15-country study led by [Sociology Professor] Andrew Penner at the University of California, Irvine, divides fault evenly between inequitable within-job salary structures and the decisions that route men and women into differently compensated roles.
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