This was always the case. The purported wage gap was always a manifestation of other facts like aggregate job choice, as shown in the death gap — that men die

This was always the case. The purported wage gap was always a manifestation of other facts like aggregate job choice, as shown in the death gap — that men die 10x as often in the workplace, according to BLS statistics. https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi2006_13.pdf https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi2006_13.pdf