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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by prostoalex on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:47PM (#14914993)
http://news.ufl.edu/archive/2015/04/why-everything-youve-hea...

"Miller and Douglas discovered that women who had experience with successful negotiation were superior negotiators to men, even when they rated themselves as only average negotiators."

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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by darawk on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:26PM (#14915242)
What's being discussed is not skill at negotiating, but predilection for it.
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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by prostoalex on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:58PM (#14915443)
The research points it's an acquired, not innate, skill.

In the same vein, people who have never studied French are generally less inclined to join a conversation in French.

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