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TLDR: > Mechanically, the earnings gap can be explained in our setting by the fact that men take 48% fewer unpaid hours off and work 83% more overtime hours pe
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
TLDR:
> Mechanically, the earnings gap can be explained in our setting by the fact that men take
48% fewer unpaid hours off and work 83% more overtime hours per year than women. The
reason for these differences is not that men and women face different choice sets in this job.
Rather, it is that women have greater demand for workplace flexibility and lower demand for
overtime work hours than men.
- fizwhiz 8y agoWhile that is a rather uncharitable reduction of the arguments made, I'm not sure why people are downvoting you.
- b1gtuna 8y agoSo the gap here is entirely due to choices made directly by the employees?
- misterpigs 8y agoHeadlines should reflect this finding but then that wouldn't garner as many views. It seems that this pay difference argument is often framed as something done maliciously or purposefully by the employer instead of neutral decisions made in response to decisions made by the employee. Naturally whomever is caring for children will want more flexibility at work and receive different pay to accommodate this, regardless of if that person is a man or a woman.