On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Simon Britnell wrote:
> The pay disparity between men and women may be due to the choices women
> make, rather than discrimination in the workforce.
Similar studies were cited by Thomas Sowell in one of his books. He cited
some very interesting things, such as:
1) never-married women earned salaries virtually on par with those of men;
2) married women earned approximately 25% of that of married men;
3) women were several times more likely to quit jobs;
4) women were more likely to select jobs that allowed them easy entry and
exit from the job market; by economic law these would be lower-paying
jobs.
It seems to me that, in the US at least, the liberals wouldn't want to
bring this up because it spoils their discrimination rhetoric, while the
conservatives wouldn't want to admit that family values were largely
responsible for the disparity.
Whether you agree with Sowell or not, the case is well-presented.
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_Deirdre * http://www.sfknit.org * http://www.deirdre.net
"We can always count on the British. Except for the Revolutionary War
they've been perfect." -- Mel Brooks, on the first Concorde flight since
the Paris crash.
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