Bloomberg Businessweek, November 16, 2012, Friday

Bloomberg Businessweek

November 16, 2012, Friday

Bloomberg Businessweek (full article)

Why Mommy Can't Get Ahead

A mini-industry has sprung up around the question of why women don’t go as far, and earn less, than their male counterparts. But the answer is actually straightforward. After accounting for experience and education, as well as occupation—male-dominated fields tend to be higher-paying than female-dominant ones—the pay gap falls from 23 percent to about 9 percent, according to Cornell University labor economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn.