Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis report concludes that "the raw gender gap is the improper indicator" for policy decisions.

Date
2011
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
Natalia A. Kolesnikova
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Natalia A. Kolesnikova, Yang Liu, "The Gender Wage Gap," Economic Synopses, no. 25 (2011): 1-2

Scribe/Publisher
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
People
Yang Liu, Natalia A. Kolesnikova
Audience
Reading Public
PDF
Transcription

Current research suggests that gender earnings disparity has declined but not disappeared. The adjusted (“true”) gender wage gap, however, is substantially smaller than the raw gender wage gap. Because of this, the raw gender gap is the improper indicator for policymakers to use to justify corrective actions.

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