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Dan is right to point out the sloppy analysis in the Quartz piece. Unfortunately, I think he is also misreading that chart and the report[1]. The chart in the
by vonmoltke 13y ago
Dan is right to point out the sloppy analysis in the Quartz piece. Unfortunately, I think he is also misreading that chart and the report[1]. The chart in the post shows salaries by major; it ignores what these people did with their major. Page 17 of the report shows salaries by occupation; that chart shows no gap in "Math, computer, and physical science occupations" and "Engineers".
I think the evidence shows that women who do go into the tech industry get paid the same as men, but that either not as many women who get the degrees go into the industry or some portion of the men who get them take them into one of the occupations noted as having a significant gender salary gap.
[1] http://www.aauw.org/files/2013/02/graduating-to-a-pay-gap-the-earnings-of-women-and-men-one-year-after-college-graduation.pdf?_ga=1.7578036.722397424.1379578621 http://www.aauw.org/files/2013/02/graduating-to-a-pay-gap-th...