One (of many) ways to measure the gender pay gap is to compare labour market earnings for women and men. This combines three sources of inequality: lower average hourly pay for women, fewer paid hours for working women, and fewer women in paid work..

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch · Jan 21, 2022

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Great thread and excellent column from @TimHarford on how to measure the full size of the gender pay gap, and how much more productive economies could be if true equality of opportunity was achieved

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One (of many) ways to measure the gender pay gap is to compare labour market earnings for women and men. This combines three sources of inequality: lower average hourly pay for women, fewer paid hours for working women, and fewer women in paid work..

by Tim Harford

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