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> Pay gap for men and women only starts mid career The article in OP says the gap starts below 30 in 91% of metro areas.

• scarmig 5y ago
  It's more about age of first child. The metro areas where the pay gap starts below 30 is where women have children relatively early, while in places that women tend to defer childbearing until their 30s show little or no pay gap among people below 30.
  • 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y ago
    At least in the context of my comment, I’m interpreting “mid-career” to be like age 40-45, which would makes childbearing orthogonal.
    • mdorazio 5y ago
      Women spend significantly less time in the workforce than do men. I can't easily find stats for the US, but in the EU it's about 33 years currently [1], which would put "mid-career" (assuming career start at 22) in late-30s, which is very much in the same timeframe as child rearing for many parents. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Duration_of_working_life_-_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...