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Recent
Wage Gap
U.S. Sources |
Breadwinner Moms (May 29, 2013): Mothers Are the Sole or Primary
Provider in Four-in-Ten Households with Children. A Social
& Demographic Trends research report from
Pew Research.
Closing the Equal Pay Gap: 50 Years and Counting: True parity is
still elusive. The official blog of the U.S. Department of Labor's
Women's Bureau
(April 9, 2013.
We've Moved Backward in Closing the Gender Wage Gap:
ForbesWoman-2013
Equal Pay Day 2013: the National Women's Law Center
Women in the
Labor Force: A Databook -2013: The Women's Bureau Data &
Statistics, Department of Labor.
Graduating to a Pay Gap: The Earnings of Women and Men One Year
after College Graduation (October 24, 2012). A research report by
the American Association of
University Women (AAUW).
A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations: Young Women Now Top
Young Men in Valuing a High-Paying Career (April 19, 2012. A
Social
& Demographic Trends research report from
Pew Research.
Wage Gap Widens for Women: An AFL-CIO NOW March 12, 2012 report.
"National Equal Pay Day"
reflects the
Department of Labor's Women's Bureau dedication to carrying forward
work toward economic equality for all.
"Beware Those Who Blame Gender Pay Gap On Women's
Choices" by Hilary Lips. A 2011
WomensMedia
report featured by Forbes .
Invest in Women, Invest in America: A Comprehensive Review of
Women in the U.S. Economy (Dec. 2010)
Women in
Management: Analysis of Female Managers’ Representation,
Characteristics, and Pay: by the Government Accountability
Office (GAO September 28, 2010).
Converging
Characteristics of Men and Women in the Federal Workforce Help
Explain the Narrowing Pay Gap: by the Government Accountability
Office (GAO April 28, 2009).
Despite New Law, Gender Salary Gap Persists" at NPR online
(April 19, 2010)
Layoffs sharpen focus on gender wage gap
by Katherine Calos, Richmond Times, with Hilary Lips and other commentators (April 5, 2009) |
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Definitions & Explanations of Wage Gap Related Concepts & Terms
(in CPS): Earnings, Educational attainment, Ethnic origin, Marital status, Mean, Median, Work Experience, and
many others. |
U.S.
Data
Sources
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Data & Statistics
in the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL)
Women's Bureau
BLS Labor
force characteristics: Access from this link to the 28
definitions of standard concepts and terms related to Employed
persons, Unemployed persons Labor force, Labor force participation rate, and Not in the Labor force.
CPS (Current Population Survey) Annual Earnings & Income
Historical Tables - U.S. Census Bureau
CPS
Weekly-Hourly Earnings Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
American FactFinder provides access to data from a number of surveys:
ACS, AHS, Census, and others.
GAO (Government Accountability
Office) Reports & Testimonies by Topics: Try searching by
employment.
NWLC-Equal Pay and the Wage Gap: the National Women's Law Center
Equal Pay --
Glass Ceiling Documents/Reports
Read Rep. Maloney on the 50th anniversary of this act.
ATUS (American Time Use Survey)
BLS tables for time spent in primary activities (e.g., married
parents)
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Older
U.S.
Sources
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U.S.
Census Documents Occupational Earnings Gaps (PDF): Issued May
2004
U.S. Census Bureau Documents a Widening of the Gender Wage Gap:
2002-2003. See figure 2, 1960-2003
data, page 6 of "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the
United States: 2003". Report
issued August 2004.
Work
Patterns Partially Explain Differences Between Men's and Women's
Earnings; A GAO-04-35 report on women's earnings issued October
31, 2003.
Evidence
From Census 2000 About Earnings by Detailed Occupation for Men and
Women: Issued by U.S. Census Bureau, May 2004 |
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Constellations
of Countries by Global Regions |
| Global
Rankings |
Global
Gender Gap: World
Economic Forum
Reducing the gender wage gap in Europe – how to tackle the task?
Women Leaders & Gender Parity
The
Global Gender Gap Report - 2013
The World's Women reports: UN-statistics |
Global
Pay Gap
Sources |
ITUC
New Report Shows Global Gender Pay Gap Bigger Than Previously
Thought
UNECE
Gender Statistics Database: Work and the Economy
UNECE-Gender Pay Gap
Gender pay gap by level of education
Unadjusted
gender pay gap for European Countries-2008
UN
stats List
of Tables: See Tbl 5g:Women's Wages Relative to Men's World's
Women's
Wages (Manufacturing) Relative to Men's
Equality
Through Pay Equity(PDF) |
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Constellations of Countries ~
European & Selected Others |
EU
Pay Gap
Sources |
Eurostat: Gender pay gap statistics
Closing the
Gender Gap: Act Now (OECD)
The High Price of Motherhood (OECD)-2012
The Gender Pay Gap (ETUC): A Comparative review of 30 European Countries EU-27
Countries: Gender pay gap table-2002-2011
OCED
Gender pay gaps-2009 How
to Close the Gender Pay Gap in Europe Gendered
Pay & Collective Bargaining in Europe |
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Constellations of Individual Countries ~ English speaking |
| Australia
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Women's Men's Incomes - 2012 Gender pay gap getting worse, not better: Australian study (2010)
Despite the talk, the glass ceiling for women proves tough to
crack-Diversity Council Australia (2010)
Employee
Ave. Weekly Earnings & Hours Gender
Wage Gap Publications (NATSEM) |
| Canada
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Statistics
Canada: Ave. Earnings by Sex & Work Pattern The
Gender Wage Gap in Canada
The Evolution of the Male-Female Wage Gap in Canada (p. 12)
Wage gap widest for university-educated women
Education level doesn’t close gender wage gap Economic
Gender Equality Indicators 2000(pdf) |
| Ireland |
Equal Pay Day Highlights Gender Pay Gap in Ireland and the EU
Persistence of gender pay gap - 2009
Gender gap: Irish Women Pay 'High price' for Motherhood
Irish gender pay gap related to child rearing responsibilities |
New
Zealand |
Gender Pay Gap in New
Zealand-2012
Gender Pay Gap Widens in New Zealand
The CTU's Pay Equity
Challenge in New Zealand
Income Tables
Income Tables by age, sex & labour force status
Women's
incomes lower than men's Pay
Inequality Between Men and Women-2000 (pdf) |
United
Kingdom |
UK Annual Earnings by Sex-2011 & 2012
UK Weekly Earnings by sex-2011 & 2012
Britain's gender pay gap: Mothers who work full-time earn 21% less
than men-2012
Gender pay
gap 'at risk of worsening', say campaigners
UK Annual Survey of Hours & Earning: Patterns of Psy-1997 to 2012
UK
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2012 Provisional Results
UK Presentation of the Gender Pay Gap (ONS)
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Constellations of Individual Countries ~ Europe |
| Denmark |
Denmark Personal Income by Sex & Age -2011
Denmark
Yearbook Statistics Denmark
Income by Country, Sex, Years
Denmark Employment
Employees-all income by sex
See figure 3: EU Gender Pay Gap, 2009-2010 -EIROonline
See European pay gap statistics above |
| Finland |
Finland Income by Country, Sex, Years
Finland Wage & Salary Earnings by Gender-2011-2012
See figure 3: EU Gender Pay Gap, 2009-2010 -EIROonline
Gender pay gap narrowed in 2009 |
| Iceland |
Iceland Income by Country, Sex, Years
Iceland Earnings: the gender pay gap, 2008-2012
Statistics Iceland:
Women & men
Iceland Wages,
Income & Labor Market
See figure 3: EU Gender Pay Gap, 2009-2010 -EIROonline |
| Norway
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Norway Income by Country, Sex, Years
Statistics
Norway - Women and Men
Women and Men in Norway-see Wages, Income and Wealth Norway
Wage
Statistics - 2012
See figure 3: EU Gender Pay Gap, 2009-2010 -EIROonline |
| Sweden
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Sweden Income by Country, Sex, Years
Report
examines gender pay gap
See figure 3: EU Gender Pay Gap, 2009-2010 -EIROonline Wages..Gender..Changes
in Sweden: '81-'98 See European pay gap statistics above |
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| Austria |
See European pay gap statistics above
Wage differences between Austrian men and women
Germany and Austria lag behind in EU gender pay gap indicator
Closing the Gender Pay Gap in EU Member States: Austria |
| Belgium |
See European pay gap statistics above
Closing the Gender Pay Gap in EU Member States: Belgium |
| Estonia |
See European pay gap statistics above
Estonia wages, salaries, labour costs
Estonia
Earnings
Estonia Monthly Earnings by Sex
Closing the Gender Pay Gap in EU Member States: Estonia |
| France |
See European pay gap statistics above
The Gender Wage Gap in Four
Countries-France, Japan, Australia, Great Britain
Gender wage gap and the glass ceiling effect
France National Institute of Statistics
Income-Wages (in French) |
| Germany |
See European pay gap statistics above
Germany: Differences in Men and Women's Earnings-2012
Gender Pay Gaap in Germany
Germany: Facts &
Figures
Germany and Austria lag behind in EU gender pay gap indicator 2010:
differences in earnings between women and men remain |
| Netherlands |
See European pay gap statistics above
Closing the Gender Gap: the Netherlands
Netherlands Gender pay gap among highest in Europe Factors
Affecting Netherland Hourly Wages
Statistics Netherland |
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| Greece |
See European pay gap statistics above for Greece
data
Gender pay gap most acute among highly educated women in Greece
Educational segregation and the gender wage gap in Greece |
| Italy |
See European pay gap statistics above for Italy
data The Trend over Time of the Gender Wage Gap in Italy
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| Portugal |
See European pay gap statistics above for Portugal
data
The Gender Wage Gap in Portugal: Recent Evolution and Decomposition
Gender Pay Differentials in Portugal: Contributions to the
Employment Policy Debate |
| Spain |
See European pay gap statistics above for Spain
data The
Role
of Segregation and Pay Structure on the Gender Wage Gap in Spain
Performance Pay and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Spain
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Constellations of Individual Countries ~
Asia & Far East |
| China |
The Pay Gap in China .. has worsened for women (2009)
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| India |
The
Gender Pay Gap: Paycheck India Data-2012
International Trade and the Gender Wage Gap: New Evidence from
India’s Manufacturing Sector (2008)
Gender wage gap widens (2007-2008) |
| Japan |
Gender gap still exists in Japan in pay, working conditions:
OECD 2012 report
Highlights Japan:
Wage gap twice OECD average
Pay Gap Worst for Japan's Mothers |
| Korea |
South Korea's Gender Gap Widens-2012
The Gender Wage Gap, Around the World.
Korea has biggest gender wage gap among OECD nations |
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