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Gender pay gap in the US
30-11-2018
A new study entitled “the job market is still for men” highlighted that women in the US received half of men’s income over a 15 year span taking into consideration the interruption in women’s career because of reproductive and care work. According to this study, the gender pay gap is wider than what is expected. To note that this study was carried out between 2001 and 2015. The Institute for Women’s Policy Studies in DC noted that, overall, women earn 51% less than men including time women spend without earning income. The president of the centre, Heidi Hartman, who participated in the study noted in a statement that the metric used to describe the gender pay gap, namely 80 cent for every dollar, is not accurate because of the various professional diversity and what is known as “women’s choices”. Hartman further added that that their “analysis showed that they have underestimated the gender pay gap in the job market”. The study noted that what is likely to lessen the gender pay gap is to ensure diversity in women’s employment as well as encourage men to do more unpaid care work as well as instating strict criteria against the gender pay gap.(Al Diyar, 30 November 2018)
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