A report on a new Statcan study, as reported in today's Toronto Star.

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/224336

Sivan Bomze
Health Policy Analyst



Gender wage gap stays wide
June 12, 2007

OTTAWA A new study has found little progress in closing the wage gap
between young men and women.

The Statistics Canada study says the earnings gap between the sexes
declined only moderately during the 1990s, despite a dramatic increase
in the proportion of young women holding university degrees.

From 1991 to 2001, the proportion of 25- to 29-year-old women holding
university degrees went to 34 per cent from 21 while the proportion of
men with degrees in their 20s rose only moderately, to 21 per cent from
16.

Yet the gender earnings gap narrowed only slightly, in spite of this
sharp increase in the proportion of young women with university degrees
and the fact that university degree-holders generally earn more than
other workers.

Women in their 20s earned 20 per cent less than men in 1991; by 2001,
the gap had narrowed slightly to 18 per cent, primarily due to the
higher qualifications among young women.

Statistics Canada says one reason for the disparity is that wage gaps
among university graduates actually increased through the 1990s largely
due to wage declines in female-dominated disciplines such as health and
education, and wage increases in male-dominated disciplines, such as
engineering, mathematics, computer sciences and physical sciences.




 
 
 

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