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The gender pay gap

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What’s the gender pay gap?

• Revealed the gender pay gap

–Personal characteristics

–Gender preference•Identification difficult

•Choose preferences

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Fact

• Unequal pay for equal

• Vocational and job discrimination

• Feedback effect

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Why • 1 the traditional value is men are superior to women and t

he preference sons over daughters

• 2 male control the High income industry for a long-term , in contrast ， lots of women in low-income industry . Men tend to heavy industry (mining, transportation, building), women tend to (catering, culture, education, social service).

• 3 The degree of marketization is not high. • Generally speaking ,the education level of male is better t

han women •

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why• 4 The limits of female physiological condition ,,for exa

mple ,people of consider that male is stronger than female .

• 5 The married women have intermittent obtain employment(maternity leave )and maternity leave subsidies . What's more ,people often think the married women will focus more attention on their family instead of company .

• 6 "Statistical discrimination", when employers in face of incomplete or inaccuracy information ,they easily consider with a group of characteristics to replace the personal characteristics and ability.

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Possible solutions• 1 、 Refine the clause of labor law, enhance the opera

bility, increase anti-discrimination dynamics, create a good system and social environment.

• 2 、 Strengthen the spread of the equality of men and women , break the long-term idea of preference sons over girls

• 3 、 To strengthen the protection of women get an education, improve women's educational condition

• 4 、 Women should improve their ability by themselves, strengthen thr learning of skill and work experience accumulation.

theory

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Neoclassical Economics Schultz&Becher

Labor market segmentation theory R.Buchel

Discrimination theory

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a research of 2004