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US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids

  • Written by Alexandra Killewald, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kidsWomen typically earn less than men per hour that they work.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Women in the U.S. typically earned 85% as much as men for every hour they spent working in 2024. However, working women are faring much better than their moms and grandmothers did 40 years ago. In the mid-1980s, women were making only 65% as...

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