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Men are usually earning 20% more than women.

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Women earn 82% of what men earn.

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Do all women experience these factors in the same way?

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Do all women experience these factors in the same way?

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No, sometimes women of color experience more discrimination and less pay than white women. But not just that, it could also be based on education level, disabilities, and even age.

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What are the causes of the gender pay gap?

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What are the causes of the gender pay gap?

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Sometimes the causes of why the wage gap still exists is because of simple things like experience, gender, race, or even background culture

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More than six decades after the U.S. banned gender-based pay discrimination, American employers continue to pay women less than men

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Equal Pay Today

AAUW

Equal Paid Today

A Better Balance

United Nations

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Men are more likely than women to be willing to take a job with long and inflexible hours and receive the corresponding higher compensation

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In East Asia and the Pacific (excluding China), 78 percent of women (and 79 percent of men) are in informal employment.

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The gender pay gap in the EU stands at 12.7 % in 2021 and has only changed minimally over the last decade. It means that women earn 13.0 % on average less per hour than men.

https://www.standupforeurope.org/breaking_barriers_navigating_the_gender_gap_in_the_21st_century#:~:text=The%20gender%20pay%20gap%20in,impacting%20women's%20economic%20well%2Dbeing.

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The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database confirms that income inequality remains very high in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: The MENA region has one of the world's smallest bottom share: half of the population earns 9% of the national income.

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New data shows that in 2022, women working full time, year-round typically earned 84 cents for every dollar man made.

https://iwpr.org/national-gender-wage-gap-widens-significantly-in-2023-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/#:~:text=Washington%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20New%20data%20released,has%20widened%20significantly%20since%202003.

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New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows the national gender pay gap is the lowest on record - today falling to 11.5 percent from 12 per cent in November 2023, and 14.1 per cent in May 2022.

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Working women in the region earn, on average, 70 cents for every dollar earned by men.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/latinamerica/the-gender-wage-gap-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean#:~:text=Photo%3A%20World%20Bank-,The%20gender%20wage%20gap%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean,gender%20disparities%20in%20labor%20income.

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Working women in the region earn, on average, 70 cents for every dollar earned by men.

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Women in stem doing the same job and have the same education level as men but still get paid less than what they are supposed to because of their sex.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231106134831.htm

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women in 41 African countries earn, on average, 39% less than men and struggle to receive the same wage for the same job as their male colleagues.

https://medium.com/gendergapafrica/no-improvement-in-the-gender-pay-gap-in-2024-b8d367f9bdf3#:~:text=The%20gap%20widened%20by%20six,job%20as%20their%20male%20colleagues.

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South Korea, on the other hand, is the country with the highest gender pay gap of the OECD countries, with a 31.2 percent difference between the genders. The gender pay gap displays the difference between median wages of full-time employed men and full-time employed women.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/934039/gender-pay-gap-select-countries/#:~:text=South%20Korea%2C%20on%20the%20other,and%20full%2Dtime%20employed%20women.

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As of 2021, Belgium is the country with the most equal pay between the genders of OECD countries. The gender pay gap was at 1.17 percent. South Korea, on the other hand, is the country with the highest gender pay gap of the OECD countries with a 31 percent difference between the genders. The gender pay gap displays the difference between median wages of full-time employed men and full-time employed women.

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Gender pay gap in OECD countries 2021 | Statista

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As of 2021, Belgium is the country with the most equal pay between the genders of OECD countries.

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Women make about 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, little changed in recent years.

https://theconversation.com/why-pay-transparency-alone-wont-eliminate-the-persistent-wage-gap-between-men-and-women-113975

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Why pay transparency alone won’t eliminate the persistent wage gap between men and women

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Women make about 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, little changed in recent years. Could more pay transparency change that?

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Is there evidence that companies in Puerto Rico have been trying to close this wage gap between men and women?

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How can companies in Puerto Rico prevent wage gaps due to race, gender, and/or sexually?

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How much does wage gaps affect the economy in Puerto Rico?

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The wage gap is larger for mothers and results in employment-related losses of more than $295,000 over a lifetime.

https://blog.dol.gov/2024/03/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-gender-wage-gap#:~:text=The%20wage%20gap%20is%20larger,of%20the%20gender%20wage%20gap.

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What You Need to Know About the Gender Wage Gap

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What do you need to know about the gender wage gap and why is equal pay day important? The Women’s Bureau shares five fast facts and resources on the issue.

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I want to research about wage gaps in Puerto Rico because off the state it is in currently. Since it isn't its own country or a state of the United States, rather it is just a property of the United States. I want to know how the state of matter affects the way women, men, and others get paid there or if Americans get paid more than the Puerto Ricans there.