How about the biased women hating bureau of labor? they conducted an indepth study released under the obama administration. Is that a good enough source for you?
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A study issued in 2009 funded by the us department of labour and released under the obama administration says as follows:
"Although additional research in this area is clearly needed, this study leads to the
unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action.
Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers. "
For reasoning related to:
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A greater percentage of women than men tend to work part-time. Part-time work tends to pay less than full-time work.
A greater percentage of women than men tend to leave the labor force for child birth, child care and elder care. Some of the wage gap is explained by the percentage of women who were not in the labor force during previous years, the age of women, and the number of children in the home.
Women, especially working mothers, tend to value “family friendly” workplace policies more than men. Some of the wage gap is explained by industry and occupation, particularly, the percentage of women who work in the industry and occupation.
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The full study is here:
http://www.consad.com/content/reports/Gender Wage Gap Final Report.pdf
The wage gap in the context of "women make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes doing the same job" is an utter disproven myth. Women do make 77 cents on the dollar, but it's NOT from doing the same job for the same hours. it's for going into different jobs for different hours, often as a result of their own free will and choices.
