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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by PunchTornado on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:34AM (#16744438)
Aren't all gender pay studies like this? When they say women earn 80% less than men they don't take into account qualifications or jobs.
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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by arkh on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:42AM (#16744490)
They don't. They usually take the average of all working men and average of all working women. Some go with not just working but "of working age".
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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by laylao on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:44PM (#16746486)
Do they usually use average instead of median? That terribly skews the numbers with the top 0.2% being weighted much more highly than the bottom 99.8%.

The gender distribution for the top 0.2% doesn't matter since most men and women will never reach that income.

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by Reedx on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:36AM (#16745671)
Right, they generally fail to take numerous factors into account. Once you start controlling for things (like choice) the gap quickly shrinks.
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