Item # | Topic/Issue | Summary | Nation(s) | Year(s) | Citation | Institution(s) | |
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3 | Income |
70%+ of wage gap is based on choice |
United States | 2010 | Dynamics Of The Gender Gap For Young Professionals In The Financial And Corporate Sectors. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2, 2(3), 228-255. doi:10.3386/w14681 | University of Chicago, NBER, Harvard (respectively) | details |
4 | Income |
No wage gap when assessed by occupation |
United States | 2008 | An analysis of the reasons for the disparity in wages between men and women: final report | US Dept of Labor | details |
5 | Income |
only 7% unexplained wage gap |
United States | 2013 | Graduating to a Pay Gap, p. 1 | AAUW | details |
6 | Income |
only 6-7% unexplained wage gap |
United States | 2009 | An analysis of the reasons for the disparity in wages between men and women: final report | US Dept of Labor | details |
7 | Income |
only 7% unexplained wage gap |
United States | 2009 | Testimony of Andrew Sherrill, p. 88 | US Government Accountability Office | details |
8 | Income |
No wage gap when total compensation taken into account |
United States | 2009 | An analysis of the reasons for the disparity in wages between men and women: final report | US Dept of Labor | details |
9 | Income |
Men penalized more & longer for taking time off of work |
United States | 2009 | An analysis of the reasons for the disparity in wages between men and women: final report | US Dept of Labor | details |
10 | Income |
Women 20-29 who are unmarried and unchilded earn 5-20% more than their male counterparts (in large cities) |
United States | 2010 | A Glimpse into the Postcrash Environment | Reach Advisors | details |
11 | Income |
Women 22-30 who are unmarried and unchilded earn ~8% more than their male counterparts |
United States | 2000 | The NLSY79 | US Bureau of Labor Statistics | details |
12 | Income |
Women 22-30 who are unmarried and unchilded earn up to 40% more than their male counterparts (in large cities) |
United States | 2011 | The End of Men | Reach Advisors | details |
53 | Income |
Women work 93% the hours men work (FTEs) |
United States | 2014 | American Time Use Survey | Bureau of Labor Statistics | details |
80 | Income |
Men work 2.65x more overtime hours |
United States | 2009 | An analysis of the reasons for the disparity in wages between men and women: final report, p. 18, Table 1 | US Dept of Labor | details |
84 | Income |
Men work overtime 2.25x more often than women |
United States | 2009 | An analysis of the reasons for the disparity in wages between men and women: final report, p. 18, Table 1 | US Dept of Labor | details |
93 | Income |
Women work 96% the hours men work (FTEs) |
United States | 2013 | Graduating to a Pay Gap, p. 2 | AAUW | details |
98 | Income |
Women work 71% the hours men work (all) |
United States | 2012 | Table A-1 2012 | Bureau of Labor Statistics | details |
99 | Income |
Women work 88% the hours men work (all employed) |
United States | 2012 | Table A-1 2012 | Bureau of Labor Statistics | details |
240 | Income |
Earnings gap b/w non-educated and highly-educated males and females is roughly equal |
United States | 2010 | Wayward Sons: the Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education, p. 25 | MIT | details |
242 | Income |
High degree of correlation between female marriage rates and male earnings levels (controlled for race) |
United States | 2013 | Wayward Sons: the Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education, p. 30 | MIT | details |
277 | Income |
Preference, rather than discrimination, is the primary source of sex differentials in labour market outcomes |
United Kingdom | 2006 | Women, careers, and work-life preferences, p. 279, 285 | London School of Economics | details |
278 | Income |
No direct link between occupational segregation and the pay gap; association is coincidental rather than causal; independent social developments |
international | 2006 | Women, careers, and work-life preferences, p. 284 | London School of Economics | details |
279 | Income |
Lowest gender pay gaps are in 3rd- (not 1st-)world countries |
international | 2006 | Women, careers, and work-life preferences, p. 284 | London School of Economics | details |
281 | Income |
Within a profession accepted to be discrimination-free (e.g. – pharmacy), women gravitate toward local, part-time, or fixed-hour jobs |
international | 2006 | Women, careers, and work-life preferences, p. 285 | London School of Economics | details |
291 | Income |
42% of males vs 28% females initiated negotiation (males 50% more likely to negotiate) |
Sweden | 2012 | Gender Differences in Initiation of Negotiation: Does The Gender of the Negotiation Counterpart Matter?, p. 1 | Stockholm School of Economics | details |
292 | Income |
Women care more about 5 of 7 job values more than men; items that men care about as much or more are “Opportunities for promotion/advancement” (as much) and “A high-paying job” (more) |
United States | 2013 | Chapter 3: What Men, Women Value in a Job | Pew Research Center | details |
294 | Income |
Most men (73%) and women (75%) say that where they work, men and women are paid about the same amount for doing the same job |
United States | 2013 | On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now | Pew Research Center | details |
296 | Income |
Most men (73%) and women (72%) say that at their workplace, women have about the same opportunities as men to advance to top executive and professional positions; 14% disagree |
United States | 2013 | On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now | Pew Research Center | details |
298 | Income |
In spite of the general perception, especially among women, that men have an advantage in terms of earning power and access to top jobs, relatively few employed adults report these types of inequities at their own workplace. |
United States | 2013 | Chapter 2: Equal Treatment for Men and Women | Pew Research Center | details |
303 | Income |
57% of men and 53% of women say they are adequately paid for the type of work they do and the hours they put in |
United States | 2013 | Chapter 4: Men and Women at Work | Pew Research Center | details |
315 | Income |
Women 2x more likely to work part-time (26% vs. 13%; <35 hours per week) |
United States | 2009 | Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009, p. 2 | Department of Labor | details |
337 | Income |
38.3% of wives earn more than their husbands |
United States | 2010 | Women in the Labor Force: A Databook | Department of Labor | details |
388 | Income |
Women are the primary breadwinners in over 40% of U.S. households |
United States | 2013 | Breadwinner Moms | Pew Research Center | details |
407 | Income |
A contributing factor to the shortage in pharmacists is that female pharmacists work fewer hours per week than their male peers (37 vs. 44; 16% less) |
United States | 2001 | Differences between Male and Female Pharmacists in Part-Time Status and Employment Settings | University of Illinois | details |
408 | Income |
A contributing factor to the shortage in pharmacists is that female pharmacists are more likely to work part time than their male peers (28% vs. 11%; 2.5x) |
United States | 2001 | Differences between Male and Female Pharmacists in Part-Time Status and Employment Settings | University of Illinois | details |
436 | Income |
There is no “marriage premium for men,” but a correlation between the characteristits that lead to good marriages and those that produce good jobs and higher wages (i.e. – correlation causation) |
United States | 1995 | Marriage and Earnings, pp. 11, 19 | University of Georgia, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | details |
452 | Income |
The “statistic” that boys earn more allowance than girls is, according to the authors of the original study themselves, cannot be considered a representative sample |
United States | 2014 | 2014 Teens and Personal Finance Survey | Junior Achievement | details |
581 | Income |
When there is no explicit statement that wages are negotiable, men are more likely to negotiate than women; men prefer job environments where the “rules of wage determination” are ambiguous |
United States | 2012 | Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment | National Bureau of Economic Research | details |
582 | Income |
Men nearly 3x more likely to have 41+ hour workweeks (41% vs. 14%; full-time workers) |
United States | 2009 | Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009, p. 2 | Department of Labor | details |
583 | Income |
Women 2.6x more likely to have 35-39 hour workweeks (13% vs. 5%; full-time workers) |
United States | 2009 | Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009, p. 2 | Department of Labor | details |
626 | Income |
Gender pay gap is 2.7% when compensable factors (industry, experience, education, hours worked and location) taken into account |
United States | 2015 | Inside the Gender Pay Gap | Payscale.com | details |
627 | Income |
At individual contributor level, pay gap is 2.2% when compensable factors taken in to account. |
United States | 2015 | Inside the Gender Pay Gap | Payscale.com | details |
628 | Income |
The wage gap doesn’t exist for single, childless men and women who say that they never prioritize family over work |
United States | 2015 | Inside the Gender Pay Gap | Payscale.com | details |
630 | Income |
The controlled income gap is smaller in the tech industry than in general (1-2% vs. 2-5%) |
United States | 2015 | Inside the Gender Pay Gap | Payscale.com | details |
632 | Income |
The median CEO compensation package is greater for women than it is for men ($15.9 vs. $10.4) |
United States | 2015 | Equilar/Associated Press Pay Study | Equilar | details |
725 | Income |
Female specialist doctors 8x more likely to work part-time than their male counterparts (48% vs. 6%) |
United Kingdom | 2013 | The state of medical education and practice in the UK, p. 33 | General Medical Counsel | details |
822 | Income |
According to most estimates, the college (log or percentage) wage premium is actually higher for women than men, and it has been higher for some time |
United States | 2006 | The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap, p. 153 | details | |
900 | Income |
Male drivers who contract with Uber make 7% more per hour on average, and demonstrably none of that 7% can be due to gender discrimination. It is entirely predicated on (1) the routes they choose (20% of gap), (2) their average tenure contributing to increased expertise (30% of gap), and (3) men driving faster to complete 50% more trips per hour (50% of gap). |
United States | 2018 | The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drivers | Stanford University, University of Chicago, NBER | details |
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