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October 28, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
October 28, 2025
When Men’s Earnings Rose and Women’s Did Not

Having narrowed for decades, the gender pay gap recently began to expand because of a slew of traditional reasons.

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September 24, 2025
Weekly Economics News Roundup and comparing wages
September 24, 2025
What a Big Mac Says About a McWage

For wages, hoping accurately to compare "apples to apples," we can go to McDonald's for a McWage and a BMPH (Big Mac Per Hour) Index.

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June 12, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
June 12, 2025
Where Women Are Underpaid and Underrepresented

Comparing the W.N.B.A. to the N.B.A. and Fortune 500 female CEOs to male CEOs, we see that women are underpaid and underrepresented.

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March 24, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Where a Woman Would Want to Work

Looking at countries, The Economist and then for cities, Bloomberg/Businessweek told us the best places for women to work.

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December 11, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
December 11, 2024
Why New CEO Pay Gap Numbers Are Misleading

Among the S&P 500's highest executives, the CEO pay gap remains although some median statistics say women earn more.

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September 19, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
September 19, 2024
How to Explain the Gender Gap

Citing the gender pay gap, we can step back to see how women are constrained as they try to ascend the corporate ladder.

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October 11, 2023
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October 11, 2023
Why We Should Be More Like Our Pharmacist

Usually summarized by one percent, the gender pay gap is so much more complex when we look at a slew of other variables.

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October 10, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Claudia Goldin
October 10, 2023
What We Can Learn From Claudia Goldin

For work that spans half a century whose message is timeless, the Nobel committee awarded this year's Economics Prize to Claudia Goldin.

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July 21, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and World Cup gender pay gap
July 21, 2023
How Pay and Boots Reflect the World Cup Gender Gap

Through Women's World Cup football, we can see how a male bias created a gender pay gap and shoe discomfort.

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March 6, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
March 6, 2023
How the Gender Gap Has Barely Budged

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January 13, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
January 13, 2023
The 6 Facts We Need To Know About Gender Gaps

While different metrics show us that gender gaps are shrinking, still, globally, substantial gender differences create underutilization.

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November 2, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pay transparency in Finland
November 2, 2022
What Pay Transparency Reveals

New York City's new pay transparency mandate could narrow a race and gender pay gap but also could have unintended consequences.

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