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Originally Posted by Joss
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So, yea, this bill sucks as expected. Women make less because they put less value on salary when considering different positions. How dare they value having a shorter a commute, better benefits, or a more flexible schedule! Obviously the Democrats need to get involved and set those women straight.
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There's other evidence to contradict the study you cite as well as criticism of that study.
For starters, right out of the gate, before women make any choices about family and such, they are already lower paid.
But... I really just wanted to address the study:
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2010/11...-measuring-it/
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1) Typically, neither Robert or Ballgame mentioned that CONSAD used a radically different sample of workers than virtually all other wage gap studies. I don’t think either of them were being deliberately dishonest; rather, I suspect they both lack basic knowledge of what they’re talking about.
The standard wage gap figure only includes full-time, year-round workers,b but CONSAD included part-time (and, I suspect, short-term) workers, which means it’s looking at a significantly different population. So Ballgame’s comparison of CONSAD’s results to a standard figure from Newsweek is apples and oranges — or, as Ballgame puts it, “misusing statistics.”
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2) The single largest factor that CONSAD found “explained” the wage gap is the difference in hours worked. Since women are more likely to work part-time, and since CONSAD (unlike standard wage gap studies) included part-time workers in their sample, in effect CONSAD is comparing mostly female part-time workers to mostly male full-time workers. Then — what a surprise! — they determined that the difference in hours worked accounts for a huge portion of the wage gap they measured.
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There's much more in the article.
As a male whose been working for 20 years, I can say that much of what the article speaks of, I can see. For instance, women are less likely to be hired at the upper echelons.
This being said... I'm not saying I'm looking for some big government solution. Just stating that I do believe a gender gap exists. I should also state that in the 20+ years I've been working, I see it becoming better. Baby steps.
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