Gender pay gap

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The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are employed. In most countries, women are paid less than men for the same work. non-adjusted pay gap is the average difference in yearly earnings between male and female workers adjusted pay gap is the difference between how much men and women make for the same work, and it takes into account differences in hours worked, occupations chosen, education attained, and job experience. The global unadjusted gender pay gap is 68.5%. Recently, the pay gap has decreased most rapidly in Global South developing countries. In the European Union, there has been little change in the gender pay gap in the 21st century. In 2024 in the United States, according to Pew Research, women earned 85% as much as men, slightly up from 81% in 2003. Developed Asian economies have also entered a stage of relative stability, yet income disparities remain relatively larger compared with those in Western economies...

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