You will look at the data on women’s and men’s pay, and explore reasons for the pay differential.
Why do women earn less than men?
In this assignment you will look at the data on women’s and men’s pay, and explore reasons for
the pay differential. Respond to the 3 key questions below.
What does the data tell us?
1. Based on information you find in the sites below, compile a list of the five most important statistics
that you find regarding pay differentials. Explain why each statistic is important.
Go to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau “Women in the Labor Force in 2006”
at: https://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce-06.htm
For a journalistic summary see “End Sex Discrimination for Good” in The Christian Science
Monitor at: https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0501/p09s02-coop.html
What are the reasons for the pay differential?
2. Prepare a list of explanations for the pay differential based on this source:
https://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/career/20050307a1.asp
3. Choose the two most plausible explanations from your two lists. Summarize the data in support of
these two explanations.4. The date supposed to be up to date.
