Financial Security Project, November 8, 2012, Thursday

Financial Security Project

November 8, 2012, Thursday

Financial Security Project (full article)

Women's Pay Gap Explained

Lower pay for women came up – where else! – in the foreign policy debate between President Obama and Governor Romney.  It affects women’s living standards, single mothers’ ability to care for their children, and everyone’s retirement – husbands and wives.

To understand why women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, Squared Away interviewed Francine Blau of Cornell University, one of the nation’s top authorities on the matter.  A new collection of her academic work, “Gender, Inequality, and Wages,” was published in September.