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Let's not assume that correlation is causation here. One explanation is that female primary caregivers face systematic discrimination their male peers don't fac

by avar 10y ago

Let's not assume that correlation is causation here. One explanation is that female primary caregivers face systematic discrimination their male peers don't face. Another is that female primary caregivers, more so than their male counterparts, lose interest in focusing on work after they have a child, and thus fall into the rut of a lower performing employee that inevitably gets paid less. I don't know which it is. Are their studies that try to find out?

tzs 10y ago
> Another is that female primary caregivers, more so than their male counterparts, lose interest in focusing on work after they have a child, and thus fall into the rut of a lower performing employee that inevitably gets paid less. This study was looking at pay one year after receipt of PhD. I'd expect that it would usually take longer for people to start being separated by performance in the types of jobs that PhDs typically get.