When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap almost disappears

Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by Quanttek on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:13PM (#14914717)

> If women were 25% cheaper than men while being as competent, wouldn't white/male capitalists trip over themselves to only hire women to increase their profits?

THis is not how it works. at all. There's not some cabal taht decided they should pay women less. Instead, the larger culture prootes behaviors and attitudes and devalues others that, as a consequence, lead to women getting paid less. Those are unconscious biases that influence hiring or promoting decisions. One example: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09585192.2015.107...

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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by deno on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:57PM (#14915065)

> I find it useful to adapt to other people, and I believe my cultural background is not as important in my work

> I find it useful to be different than other people, I believe I can make use of my unique cultural background in my work

So the recruiters in that study decided candidates that make an explicit issue of their ethnicity in their CL would not be the perfect fit for a team (they were asked to select for coherence). What a bunch of racists!

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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by Quanttek on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:30PM (#14915272)

If you read the study they show that not only is their social/cultural fit assessed more negatively but also their pure performance assessment.

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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by deno on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:50AM (#14920597)

The question is how would they fare against a control group of applicants with similarly suboptimal first impression to boot.

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