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episode icon Pardon My Ignorance
Pardon My Ignorance Episode 2: How the Gender Wage Gap Is Caused
Pardon My Ignorance Episode 2: How the Gender Wage G... more
Aug 31 2018 1h 15m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Stat: Women earn $0.79 for every $1.00 a man earns. How is that figure calculated?
Chapter 2 4 mins
How educational choices impact career trajectories
Chapter 3 5 mins
What kinds of time demands come with jobs typically chosen by men vs. women?
Chapter 4 7 mins
Gender assignment at an early age and how it can impact career choices later in life
Chapter 5 8 mins
How abilities and preferences affect the labour market
Chapter 6 3 mins
How and why the wage gap varies in certain industries
Chapter 7 2 mins
How does the business of ‘people skills’ affect the wage gap?
Chapter 8 12 mins
The role of discrimination in the wage gap
Chapter 9 15 mins
Household responsibilities and the family role
Chapter 10 8 mins
How broader economics would be affected by gender pay equality
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