Women Can't Win: Despite Making Educational Gains and Pursuing High-Wage Majors, Women Still Earn Less than Men

Autor/inn/en	Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Gulish, Artem
Institution	Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce
Titel	Women Can't Win: Despite Making Educational Gains and Pursuing High-Wage Majors, Women Still Earn Less than Men
Quelle	(2018), (68 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Females; Gender Bias; Wages; Academic Degrees; Barriers; Educational Attainment; Occupations; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Mothers; College Graduates; Age Differences; Majors (Students); Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Discrimination; Bachelors Degrees; Masters Degrees; Doctoral Degrees; Associate Degrees; Certification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Wage; Löhne; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Mother; Mutter; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung
Abstract	The gender wage gap, the disparity in pay between men and women, has narrowed to 81 cents in 2016 from 57 cents on the dollar in 1975. Nevertheless, the gap persists. Over the course of a career, the gender wage gap results in women earning $1 million less than men do. To close this gap, women have relied primarily on the advantages conferred by education. Today, women are enrolling in college in greater numbers than men, breaking through barriers to pursue degrees in male-dominated majors that offer higher earnings, as well as graduating in greater numbers at all levels of education. In the 1970s, the number of associate's degrees awarded to women began outnumbering those awarded to men. In the 1980s, the number of bachelor's degrees and master's degrees awarded to women overtook the number awarded to men. By the 2000s, more women completed doctoral degrees than men. The report explores the complex set of reasons that have kept the gender wage gap in place. Even when comparing men and women who have equal educational attainment and work in the same occupation, women still earn only 92 cents for every dollar earned by men. [For the executive summary, see ED594548.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. 3300 Whitehaven Street NW Suite 5000 Box 571444, Washington, DC 20057. Tel: 202-687-4922; Fax: 202-687-3110; e-mail: cewgeorgetown@georgetown.edu; Web site: http://cew.georgetown.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01