The Gender Pay Gap: Equal Work, Unequal Pay – Paperback

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Author(s): The New York Times Editorial Staff
Publisher: New York Times Educational Publishing
Publisher Imprint: New York Times Educational Publishing
BISAC: Careers

Despite increasing awareness, the gender pay gap has yet to close. In 2018, women still earned about eighty cents for every dollar men did, and that number changes when factoring in a woman’s education level, profession, and ethnicity. These articles explore the discussion surrounding the gender pay gap, and highlight how our understanding of it has evolved in the past decade. Beginning with Obama’s signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in his first weeks as president and leading to some of the complicated economics of paid family leave, these articles explore the factors that create a gender pay gap and point to possible solutions.