There is some evidence that part of the effect is explained by women needing to go to college more than men in order to get decently paying jobs. This is less t

There is some evidence that part of the effect is explained by women needing to go to college more than men in order to get decently paying jobs. This is less true today than 20 years ago, as we've seen real wages of men without college degrees drop since the financial crisis, but the trend of more women attending college started well before that.