Tag: gender pay gap
5 tips for women to negotiate a higher salary
Alexandra Mislin, American University
Equal Pay Day falls in 2023 on March 14 — a date determined by how...
Women are more competitive when they’re given an option to share...
Mary L. Rigdon, University of Arizona
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Women CEOs negotiate better severance than men — for all the...
Pierre Chaigneau, Queen's University, Ontario
Over the last 20 years, the number of female CEOs leading S&P 500 firms has increased fivefold. But it’s a...
Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap
Emma Willamson, Monash University
Australia’s gender pay gap is diminishing, says a new report, but some contributors to it seem harder to overcome than others....
Why Virgin Atlantic’s new makeup policy is mostly concealer and gloss
Philip Hancock, University of Essex and Melissa Tyler, University of Essex
The airline Virgin Atlantic has decided that female cabin crew will no longer be...
Why women still earn a lot less than men
Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore
A decade ago, on Jan. 29, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law: the Lilly...
The case for boosting WNBA player salaries
Nancy Lough, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
As someone who has studied the WNBA for years, I’ve been excited to witness, over the course of...
Women earn less after they have kids, despite strong credentials
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Women without kids have earned more than employed mothers for decades or longer. But differences between these two kinds...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
