https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh en-us 2017-04-11 13:26:37 UTC 2017-04-25 02:28:44 UTC hello@padlet.com lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166064533 https://fee.org/articles/truth-and-myth-on-the-gender-pay-gap/ ]]> 2017-04-12 13:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166064533 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166064958 "For example, if girls are told from a young age that girls aren’t very good at math and science, and are thereby discouraged from majoring in those areas and earning higher salaries as a result, those factors will contribute to the 80% figure." ]]> 2017-04-12 13:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166064958 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166065130 " If sexism pushes women into lower paying fields, that doesn’t mean that they are necessarily being paid less than men for the same work in that field. What’s causing their lower wages is sexism in places other than the markets." ]]> 2017-04-12 13:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166065130 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166190834 "Rather, that number is the ratio of female to male wages among full-time workers, across all kinds of jobs and regardless of the skills and preferences of the workers." ]]> 2017-04-13 02:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166190834 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166190853 People make the mistake of comparing pay for jobs before they make sure that the men and women are doing the same work, at the same skill level]]> 2017-04-13 02:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166190853 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166191005 " The consensus of the economic studies is that there is still about 3 to 5 percentage points of the 20 percent, or roughly 15 to 25% of the gap, that cannot be accounted for by economic differences and that might well be due to discrimination." ]]> 2017-04-13 02:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166191005 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166191344 Many critics wish to believe that there is no myth to the gender pay gap only so they can be right about it ]]> 2017-04-13 02:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166191344 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166194740 "All the economic studies say is that differences in skills, experiences, and preferences between men and women explain the clear majority of the gap. What such studies do not address is the degree to which the differences in men’s and women’s skills and knowledge (their “human capital”) is due to sexism before they come to the labor market."]]> 2017-04-13 03:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166194740 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166194825 "The clear majority of the gap is explained by skills, experience, and preferences."]]> 2017-04-13 03:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166194825 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195211 Many will say that the part of the gap that cannot be explained is clearly because of straight up discrimination. ]]> 2017-04-13 03:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195211 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195283 "The most accurate summary is something like the following:  “It’s a myth that women get paid only 80% of what men do when they have the same skills and experience and are doing the same work, but it’s also a myth to claim that economics shows there is no gender discrimination in labor markets because studies show that economic factors cannot explain all of the gender wage gap.”]]> 2017-04-13 03:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195283 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195577 " If sexism pushes women into lower paying fields, that doesn’t mean that they are necessarily being paid less than men for the same work in that field. What’s causing their lower wages is sexism in places other than the markets. "]]> 2017-04-13 04:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195577 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195591 Sexism is widely overlooked when it comes to the gender pay gap even though is some job aspects this is a large factor towards the gap. ]]> 2017-04-13 04:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195591 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195730 "For example, the fact that women are more likely to work part-time than men, or less likely to work overtime when they work full-time, are factors that explain the differences in pay by gender."]]> 2017-04-13 04:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195730 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195739 It is because of the fact that women tend to take of more work, or work part-time, that there is a difference in pay for men and women for the same ]]> 2017-04-13 04:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195739 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195840 " The portion not explained by labor market discrimination might well result from latent misogyny in the culture."]]> 2017-04-13 04:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195840 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195846 "Those of us who like markets should not be afraid to argue that labor market discrimination is not the dominant problem here, but we also shouldn’t be afraid to admit that sexism matters and we should be willing to push back at it in partnership with our friends on the left where we can."]]> 2017-04-13 04:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195846 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195875 Cultural ways also contribute to the gap because it has mostly been seen that the women do the child raising and men are more inclined to take part in math and science jobs which are the higher paying ones. ]]> 2017-04-13 04:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166195875 lgkaster19 https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166196102 The wage gap has many contributing factors but they are not all towards gender discrimination, it is more because its natural for men to be doing more work than women. ]]> 2017-04-13 04:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lgkaster19/j1afxoz99ymh/wish/166196102