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Aren't all gender pay studies like this? When they say women earn 80% less than men they don't take into account qualifications or jobs.
by PunchTornado 9y ago
Aren't all gender pay studies like this? When they say women earn 80% less than men they don't take into account qualifications or jobs.
- arkh 9y agoThey don't. They usually take the average of all working men and average of all working women. Some go with not just working but "of working age".
- laylao 9y agoDo they usually use average instead of median? That terribly skews the numbers with the top 0.2% being weighted much more highly than the bottom 99.8%. The gender distribution for the top 0.2% doesn't matter since most men and women will never reach that income.
- Reedx 9y agoRight, they generally fail to take numerous factors into account. Once you start controlling for things (like choice) the gap quickly shrinks.