Pay Gap Debate
I've noticed in the comments that there's a debate shaping up over whether the pay gap actually exists. So I thought I'd post this story that I wrote a while back, looking at the way that some of the numbers seeking to prove and disprove the pay gap are broken down.
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Wait, the BEA? Where is the BLS in all this? If you ask me to do a compensation analysis, bls.gov and its fabulous data are my first stop.
Have you called your local university to find out who the real experts are? You can actually answer this question. I bet someone already has, but I don't know the literature.
wcw Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 1:41 PM