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This made me think. Could the pay difference be because men work more hours? There are more woman with children with part time jobs vs men with children. This i

by imesh 16y ago

This made me think. Could the pay difference be because men work more hours? There are more woman with children with part time jobs vs men with children. This is just a thought.

eru 16y ago
The answer is: partly There are statistics that give pay per hour, too.
crystalis 16y ago
Similar studies that I'll try to track down have it down to hours worked. Unmarried women in the same profession continued to display the same earnings as men. It may have extended to married women without children, but I can't recall- I'll update when I find the study. The argument that the data supported is as follows: fewer hours worked (counting the expected or not unpaid overtime) led to smaller raises and fewer promotions. Subsequent raises and promotions are based on the resultant salaries and titles, leading to a snowball effect. Maternal leave puts the whole process on pause and puts a mother behind on the snowball process.
jakarta 16y ago
this is probably the most likely culprit. think about it for high paying professions such as top law firm work, or an investment bank -- getting ahead to make partner means working tons of hours which is not a viable option if you have a kid (unless there is a stay at home father).
emil0r 16y ago
Depends on the country, the speaker, the statistics they choose and what they choose to speak about. A favorite trick though from the radical feminists is to lump all the men into one group and all the women into another group and then compare the two. Always, the men will come out on top simply because of biology. Women stay at home more than men starting with pregnancy, then staying at home with the toddler, a lot of women also choose to work less than 100% in order to be at home with their children, etc.
baddox 16y ago
In some cases, it may be even simpler than that. Perhaps men simply ask for raises or promotions more often than women. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072900827.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07...

by imesh 16y ago

This made me think. Could the pay difference be because men work more hours? There are more woman with children with part time jobs vs men with children. This is just a thought.

eru 16y ago

The answer is: partly There are statistics that give pay per hour, too.

crystalis 16y ago

Similar studies that I'll try to track down have it down to hours worked. Unmarried women in the same profession continued to display the same earnings as men. It may have extended to married women without children, but I can't recall- I'll update when I find the study. The argument that the data supported is as follows: fewer hours worked (counting the expected or not unpaid overtime) led to smaller raises and fewer promotions. Subsequent raises and promotions are based on the resultant salaries and titles, leading to a snowball effect. Maternal leave puts the whole process on pause and puts a mother behind on the snowball process.

jakarta 16y ago

this is probably the most likely culprit. think about it for high paying professions such as top law firm work, or an investment bank -- getting ahead to make partner means working tons of hours which is not a viable option if you have a kid (unless there is a stay at home father).

emil0r 16y ago

Depends on the country, the speaker, the statistics they choose and what they choose to speak about. A favorite trick though from the radical feminists is to lump all the men into one group and all the women into another group and then compare the two. Always, the men will come out on top simply because of biology. Women stay at home more than men starting with pregnancy, then staying at home with the toddler, a lot of women also choose to work less than 100% in order to be at home with their children, etc.

baddox 16y ago

In some cases, it may be even simpler than that. Perhaps men simply ask for raises or promotions more often than women. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072900827.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07...