On March 14 of this year, people across the U.S. Blau and her research partner Lawrence Kahn controlled for 'everything we could find reliable data on' and found that women still earn about 8% less than their male colleagues for the same job. Equal Pay Day The Race and Gender Wage Gap was originally published on Idealist Careers. The 'unexplained pay gap'Įven if you account for things like women taking more flexible jobs, working fewer hours, taking time off for childcare, etc., paychecks between the sexes still aren't square.

For every woman at a senior management level who gets promoted, two women leave their jobs, most citing childcare as a major reason. 'But a lot of times those jobs will pay less.' Other women leave the workforce entirely. On Equal Pay Day, women are trying to make a dollar out of 83 cents Francine Blau, an economist at Cornell who has been studying the gender pay gap for decades, calls this the 64,000 question. Black Womens Equal Pay Day is on July 27.

'Women will choose jobs or switch to occupations or companies that are more family friendly,' she explains. LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Day was observed on June 15, according to the American Association of University Women. Many women shy away from really demanding positions or work only part time because they need time and flexibility to care for their kids. The Indicator from Planet Money Women, career and family: A conversation with Claudia Goldin The childcare conundrumīlau says one of the biggest factors here is childcare. The EPD in the USA took place on April 12, 2016, showing the gender pay gap of then 21 per cent.

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