The good news:\u00a0 The American Human Development Project, a social research organizationm, has published an analysis of recent Census Bureau data that shows that the gap between men’s and women’s wages is closing.<\/p>\n
The bad news:\u00a0 It’s because men’s salaries are falling.<\/p>\n
Median earnings for men, adjusted for inflation, fell by $2,433 \u2014 or 6 percent \u2014 from 2007 to 2010. Women\u2019s earnings fell by just $253 in the same period, a drop of 0.9 percent.\u00a0 As the New York Times<\/em> reported, some of the recession\u2019s steepest declines were in industries that tend to be dominated by men. Earnings in construction, for example, fell by 5 percent, the analysis found. Meanwhile, median earnings in health care and technical occupations, popular among women, increased by 3 percent.<\/p>\n But the main reason is that only a few are getting ahead in this economy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The good news:\u00a0 The American Human Development Project, a social research organizationm, has published an analysis of recent Census Bureau data that shows that the gap between men’s and women’s wages is closing. The bad news:\u00a0 It’s because men’s salaries … Continue reading