Lecture: The Gender Pay Gap

The reason that efforts to close the pay gap have essentially stopped in the twenty-first century cannot be explained by a single factor. Over time, women have consistently lost ground to men as they age and advance in their careers, while starting their careers closer to income parity than males. Even while women are now more likely than males to have completed college, there is still a pay disparity. In actuality, there is no more income disparity between men and women with college degrees than there is between those without. This highlights the importance of other factors that continue to disadvantage women or give men the upper hand.