Bustle, January 30, 2014, Thursday

Bustle

January 30, 2014, Thursday

Bustle (full article)

Was Obama's State of the Union Right? Do Women Earn 77 Cents on a Man's Dollar?

In a 2007 study, economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn attempted to control for these differences and found a number for women and men doing equal work for equal amounts of time. What they found was that education and experience level contributed little to gender pay gaps — women tend to be as educated as men and, increasingly, as experienced.