Women are sick and tired of talking about the gender wage gap.
The persistent issue has plagued women and particularly women of color for decades — so much so that there was an official Equal Pay Day established in 1996. But despite the growing #MeToo movement and increased attention on the equal pay disparity, research shows little progression on closing the gender wage gap.
Over the last 10 years, the gender wage gap has seen little change. Indeed, between 2016 and 2017, the gap for full-time workers with weekly salaries actually grew wider by 0.1 percentage points, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy and Research. The numbers for full-time workers with annual salaries isn’t expected to budge, either.
In fact, much of the progress made on equal pay and closing the wage disparity over the years happened in the 1980s and 1990s. Between 2008 and 2017, however, it has only decreased by 2 percentage points. “Basically, progress in closing the wage gap has really slowed down,” said Ariane Hegewisch, program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
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