By: Rachel Maines

Rachel Maines — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 15:21:00 +0000

As you say, Walter, Claudia Goldin is always worth reading. She is not only a respected economist, but a preeminent economic historian as well.

By: cc

cc — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:41:47 +0000

On the wage gap, she dances around the issue of hours worked or productivity. Men typically work more hours because they know their family depends on their income. Women are not under so much financial pressure if they are married and do not work as many hours or commute as far.
Productivity is also important. In the academic world, which I know best, a small percent of the scientists (where one must actually produce something that is not just opinions) produce most of the publications. It is a Pareto distribution. Of the top producers, only a tiny fraction are women (even after adjusting for numbers of faculty in each sex). Women up for tenure on average have half or fewer of the publications of men up for tenure. Yet there is pressure to grant tenure to women in equal numbers. This is not equity it is special favors.

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