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Investigation in How To Remedy Women’s Wage Disparities

By On January 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The Connecticut Department of Labor and Department of Economic and Community Development will do a study on the gender wage gap in Connecticut, including recommendations for actions to eliminate it, the governor announced Wednesday.

Our coverage of this issue suggests it’s the high number of “super earners” in Connecticut that is one factor — the [...]

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Yale Proves Discrimination Against Women Persists in Nation’s Academic Science Labs

By On October 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Dan Haar and I have argued vociferously about whether women’s lower pay can be completely explained away by the occupational choices women make, the time they may take out to raise children, or even women’s negotiating skills when they get a salary offer.

A new study by Yale professors released in the Proceedings of [...]

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