in the journal of economic literature in either winter or spring 1996 or
1997 has an interesting symposium on the pay difference between men and
women. it contains 4 abstracts-articles with topics ranging from
socio-economic reasons to an economic model that includes sociological
variables like the propensity to want to have a baby, the convience of a
job that can be flexible if having a family, ect... the sex breakdown of
the authors are 3:1 (men:women) and it is a very interesting collection of
academic writing.
when i did my thesis on this very subject. i had a very hard time grappling
with the fact that companies already of a premonition /prejudgement on the
fact that women are more likely to leave because of their "need or want to
have a child" or that women "can feel their biological clocks ticking".
because of this "fact" or belief many men are reluctant to promote a women
because of the short life span her career may have due to this "need". i
suggest all of you check out the symposium. it is an easy enough read for a
non-economist (it isn't core economics heavy).
//amanda yee
BS economics, the ohio state university '00
At 05:03 PM 8/3/00, you wrote:
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>Study finds explanation for pay disparity between men and women*
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>04.08.2000 06:15
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>The pay disparity between men and women may be due to the choices women
>make, rather than discrimination in the workforce.
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>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.
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>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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