Gender Pay Gap: Study Reveals Why Women Earn Less

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'New research suggests women earn less than men because they opt for jobs with more flexibility but less pay.

From the White House to feminist lobby groups, a chorus of voices claims the gender pay gap is due to rampant sexism in the workplace, with women earning just 78 cents on the dollar to what men earn.

This figure is a statistical sleight of hand. The 78 cents figure, or anything like it, can only be reached by adding up all the money men earn and all the money women earn, and looking at who is earning more on average.

The figure doesn’t represent women earning less than men working the same jobs, the same hours, in the same roles. Nevertheless, the Obama administration is proposing costly rules that mandate companies with 100 employees or more to include more information on annual reports of employees’ pay and sex.'