The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]

Re:The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rid... by little_data on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:21PM (#16328113)

"Furthermore, while Uber now allows riders to tip their drivers in-app, this did not become available until June 2017, which is outside the scope of our data. We do not believe that cash tips – which were possible before in-app tipping – had a material impact on driver earnings."

The study did not have any actual tip data for drivers. Tipping was always an option in Uber before June 2017, it just became mandatory for the app to ask a user after each ride. I really think the study is missing some crucial data surrounding tips.

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Re:The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rid... by beisner on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @06:26PM (#16328914)

Anecdotally, nobody I know ever tipped an Uber driver before tipping was introduced in the app, so there being a negligible tipping component would not surprise me at all.

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Re:The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rid... by yyyyip on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:54PM (#16329572)

On the freakonomics podcast episode with the study authors, they said that on average women earn over 10 percent more than men from tips.

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Re:The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rid... by jelgt2011 on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:40PM (#16329772)

> Tipping was always an option in Uber before June 2017, it just became mandatory for the app to ask a user after each ride.

That's not true, tipping was not possible in the app, at all.

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