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Why pay transparency alone won't eliminate the persistent wage gap between men and women

  • Written by Nancy Modesitt, Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
Why pay transparency alone won't eliminate the persistent wage gap between men and womenThe gender pay gap has proved difficult to close. Ian johnston/shutterstock.com

No matter how you slice the data, women in the U.S. earn a lot less than men.

A typical woman working full-time makes 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, little more than the 77 cents she got a decade ago. Within careers, it can vary widely, with female physicians...

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