On Earnings for Women and Men

The wage gaps for women and men that are normally discussed ignore the difference in jobs, differences in how hard people work, and differences in career length.

Recent studies have shown that the wage gap shrinks—or even reverses—when relevant factors are taken into account and comparisons are made between men and women in similar circumstances. In a 2010 study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30, the research firm Reach Advisors found that women earned an average of 8% more than their male counterparts. . . .