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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 23h \ parent \ on: Gender wage gap: single men make the same as single women - St Louis Fed charts_and_numbers
I have anecdotal experience and it's just that. But I know female engineers and male ones that such at pitching getting a raise. They also often undervalue their value in the market. Some overvalue it too. These things are complex. Far more than what the "thought leaders" like to pitch.
I know isms aren't dead but they also aren't responsible for all the disparity we see. My bottom line with this stuff is that we (I) have far more control over my future than anyone external to me. Focusing on some possible bias or thing outside of my control is mostly a waste of time. Yeah, I'm a privileged white guy in software but it would be even more important if I wasn't. Not to mention that I personally have been discriminated against for these attributes. Could I prove it? Nah, more important to overcome it.
One of the exercises I have students do in my upper div econ class is to run regressions of earnings on gender, to statistically estimate the gender wage gap.
I show them that if you just include gender, then the gender wage gaps looks like 30%.
However, as you start accounting for other factors, like hours worked, industry and occupation, education level, the wage gap falls significantly. It's still there, but much lower than it initially seems.