The Pelican Post, December 1, 2011, Thursday

The Pelican Post

December 1, 2011, Thursday

The Pelican Post (full article)

Study Alleges Louisiana Has Largest Male-Female Wage Gap In U.S.

People often assume that the gender gap measures how much a woman is paid for doing the same job as a man. However, the figure is based on a broader view of employment, aggregating all workers, regardless of job title. Right off the bat, this skews the statistics, as men, on average, work in higher-paying fields.

Cornell University economists Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn found that when the data is adjusted for factors such as education, experience, occupation and industry, the remaining “unexplained” gender gap in 1998 was 9 percent.