What Is a Gender Pay Gap?

Gender wage difference refers to the difference in wages between male and female workers who perform the same job.

Gender pay gap

Right!

Gender wage difference refers to the difference in wages between male and female workers who perform the same job.

Chinese name

Gender pay gap

Definition

Wage differences between men and women in the same job

the reason

Traditional ideas

Field

calculating wages

Cause of formation

Theoretically, equal pay for equal work should be implemented in the distribution of wages, and there should be no wage difference between men and women. However, in fact, male workers are paid more than women (in general). The reasons for the differences include: ^[1]

(1) In the traditional concept of contempt of women, women have fewer opportunities for promotion and training than men, resulting in some women being suppressed, not reused, and their motivation decreased;

(2) The average salary of women is lower than that of men because of low education and training and low ability;

(3) Due to physical and psychological reasons, women's opportunities to enter the ranks of high-income workers are limited.

.