Women’s eNews, April 21, 2014, Monday

Women’s eNews

April 21, 2014, Monday

Women's eNews (full article)

Female College Grads Entire Lifetime of Wage Gaps

This poses a challenge in both pinpointing the problem and crafting solutions for it.

"The unexplained gap is unexplained," said Francine Blau, professor of economics at Cornell University, in a phone interview. "Anything we say about it is speculative because that's just the nature of the beast."

However, Blau said the AAUW study is notable because it considers a type of gender wage gap at a time when it would be relatively small. "It's when the workers are just starting out so it's all the more reason to be concerned about it."