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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by cmendel on Friday January 10, 2020 @05:15PM (#22016202)
Would you be so kind as to pass along a citation for this?

>But that still doesn't account for the entire pay gap. It still leaves about 7% difference.

My understanding had been that the wage gap was a result of statistical malpractice. Further, I had thought that the intraprofession pay comparison between genders boiled down almost exclusively to (willingness to negotiate) and (taking time off of work to have children).

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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by jedberg on Friday January 10, 2020 @05:40PM (#22016400)
This podcast[0] is a pretty good summary, and links to the actual paper.

[0] http://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-can-uber-teach-us-about...

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