Gender Inequality

The gender pay gap stretches to minimum wage workers too

A waitress serves a beer during the Brussels Beer Challenge in Brussels, Belgium, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal - D1BEUKXBGFAB

The higher the male share of employment in an occupation or industry, the higher the wages for both men and women. Image: REUTERS/Eric Vidal

Roger Wilkins
Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director , University of Melbourne
Barbara Broadway
Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
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