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- From: robinson@mdivax1.uucp (Jim Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Type of jobs lost -- gender wage gap
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.162539.12824@mdivax1.uucp>
- Reply-To: robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson)
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:57:01 GMT
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- Jim Robinson (robinson@mdivax1.uucp) wrote:
- >doug mccready F (dmccrea6@mach1.wlu.ca) wrote:
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- >>Did it say whether single women the same age earn 91% or is there an age
- >>difference too - I suspect that if you removed the age difference, single
- >>women the same age make much closer to 100%.
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- >The article I saw did indeed say that there was an age difference as well
- >w/ younger women earning more than older women. Unfortunately I cannot
- >remember the numbers, but I will take a look for the article.
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- Found the article. Wage ratio based on age:
- 15-24 year-olds 86.4%
- over 55 63.6%
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- (As well, Bruce was correct - the 91% applied to single never married
- women vs single never married men, not "average" men)
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- Jim Robinson
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