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I don't think the famous "women make 76 cents on the dollar compared to men" statistic was ever for the same job. I would be interested to know a better quality

I don't think the famous "women make 76 cents on the dollar compared to men" statistic was ever for the same job. I would be interested to know a better quality statistic (I seem to remember a study or two that put it at only a couple of cents, controlling for profession, experience, and etc).

erikpukinskis 16y ago
"Women managers make 81 cents to a man's buck, according to a report released Tuesday from the Government Accountability Office... Many studies, including the GAO report, control for such factors as job experience and gender preference for different jobs to make a fair comparison of wages." - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-women-managers-20100928,0,1131366.story http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-women-managers-2010092... "Once you control for factors like education and experience, notes Francine Blau — who, along with fellow Cornell economist Lawrence Kahn, published a study on the 1998 wage gap — women's earnings rise to 81% of men's" - http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1983185,00.html#ixzz12Y78vNZ3 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1983185,00.ht... "You can control for all you want to control for, and the gaps remain," - http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/women-intensely-dissatisfied-with-pay-gap-0399/ http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/women-intensely-dissatisfie...