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Study finds explanation for pay disparity between men and women*
04.08.2000 06:15
The pay disparity between men and women may be due to the choices women
make, rather than discrimination in the workforce.
Stephen Summers from Massey University has found that while women may
earn less over their entire careers than men, it is not necessarily due
to a lack of fairness.
Mr Summers says a main contributing factor for apparent pay inequality
is that women tend to choose an occupation for job satisfaction, rather
than because it is highly paid.
He says another reason women earn less over their working life is that
they are more likely to have broken their career for family reasons.
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