Understanding the Gender Wage Gap
By mark mullen
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Politicians and the media like to tell anyone who will listen that the workplace purposely discriminates against women workers. We are told that female workers earn 79 cents to every dollar that a man earns for doing the exact same work. But is this true? Do companies intentionally pay women less than men for the same job? To find out you need to know what the numbers used to determine the gap represent, and what they don’t disclose. This eBook sheds some light on this subject providing you with relevant information and thoughts intended to help you form your own reasoned conclusion about wage distribution in the United States.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Your industry gap chapter makes me wonder whether you wrote this book from an objective point of view.
You say that industry wage gap is not gender wage discrimination because it's just that more men work in the high paying industries...then you went on and listed these industries. Now, let me ask you.
How many of these high-paying industries are gate-kept by men? What percentage of the small portion of women who venture into these industries undergo sexism because it's apparently a man's job? How many recruiters actually turn down women looking for these jobs because they would rather have men instead? And, how many of these women only get offered low paying administrative jobs in these same high paying industries just because they are what the recruiters deem to be suitable for women?
The aircraft industry thing...I'll make a not-so wild guess and say that since most men of working age were fighting in the war, the women were the largest labour force available...in countries where for a reason men are scarce, (e.g. Rwanda after the genocide) we see women taking up spots in so-called male fields quite easily. But as long as the men are there? The women will be relegated to 'feminine' jobs...as I imagine happened once the war was over.
Your question about why women don't get into male dominated industries shows that you didn't really do your legwork for this book. First, look around our high schools...how many girls-only high schools offer classes like metal work and woodwork, or electrical work, or aviation? In my country, I'll tell you--none! They only offer home science in girls-only schools.
From the lowest level of education, the society, the government, teachers, and parents are preparing girls to work in low paying industries. The few that get opportunities to pursue male dominated high paying jobs have to deal with recruiters who would rather employ men, and if they do get the job, work about a hundred times harder to prove themselves, with often no hope of a promotion. Because if these men don't even want to work with women...how would they ever let them rise the ranks above them?
Really, had you included all these variables and then made your arguments bearing them in mind, this book would have been more authoritative.
I've only commented on the industry gap chapter because it's the only one I read...I happened to be thinking about this before looking up a book about the gender pay gap, because I've just come across stats showing how women are locked out of high paying positions in the construction industry, mostly because nobody will give them those jobs, and all the sexism they have to endure and the reality of rarely ever getting promoted.
There are so many factors that go into creating a gender wage gap, and you've overlooked the very basic ones in this chapter.
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Understanding the Gender Wage Gap - mark mullen
Understanding the Gender Wage Gap
Mark Mullen
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Formulaic Research Wrong
Industry Gap
Disappearing Manufacturing Jobs
Time Worked
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Same Job Doesn’t Mean Same Pay
Some Reasons Why Same Job Wages Fluctuate
Choice Making Is Not Discrimination
Time to Find Out
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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
– Chief Joseph
Preface
Equity is a peculiar concept; it is more an illusion than a reality. For in the real world very few things are equal as there are always a gaps between counterparts. There are generational gaps, cultural gaps, religious gaps, education gaps, and even life expectancy gaps. For example, individuals living in counties with high poverty rates are more likely to die younger than individuals with the same education, race, gender, and economic status who happen to live in a richer county. We are equally human, yet our circumstances are different. So what is gender wage parity? Does it mean standardization and homogeny? Does it mean that everything must be exactly the same? Is a gap something that exists only in numbers? Just imagine for a moment you are the parent of two children, twins; one with physical disabilities and one without. If you spend $10,000 per year taking care of the physical needs of the disabled child, must you also spend an equal amount of money on the other child? If you use only numbers to measure fairness you might answer with a yes. But numbers cannot measure equity, they only measure amounts. In order for numbers to have meaning they must be used with empirical, or observational, evidence to show the how and why things are perceived the way they are. A quick illustration.
The Internet regularly publishes stories showing future retirees ideal
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