re: Wage inequality and women

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Studies don't account for the fact that men and women often take type of different jobs

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Actually most of them do. I'm strictly talking about academic peer-reviewed studies, not the agitprop stuff.

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It also doesn't take into account that women often take time off for family

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Yes, they do.

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Even further, men are more likely to negotiate and fight for higher salaries.

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They take this into account as well.

Most studies at least attempt, albeit imperfectly, to consider all these arguments and find that these factors do in fact have a big impact in narrowing the gap. But that gap is still there and it isn't really clear why. Some of course use this to argue that it must be discrimination but of course that argument is specious - the reality is that we simply don't know.