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Author: Lopez, Naomi
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1. Lopez, Naomi
Free Markets, Free Choices II: Smashing the Wage Gap and Glass Ceiling Myths
Working Paper, Pacific Research Institute, October 1999.
Also: http://www.pacificresearch.org/docLib/20070705_paygap.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Pacific Research Institute
Keyword(s): Economics of Gender; Gender; Gender Differences; Wage Determination; Wage Gap; Wage Levels; Wage Rates; Wages; Wages, Men; Wages, Women

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Despite women's rapid gains in the working world, gender preference advocates and the media often portray working women as victims of rampant discrimination. This discrimination, such advocates argue, results in a wage gap and renders women powerless in the face of an impenetrable glass ceiling. While discrimination does exist in the workplace, levels of education attainment, field of education, and time spent in the workforce play a far greater role in determining women's pay and promotion.

The reality is that, when considering men and women with similar fields of study, educational attainment, and continuous time spent in the workforce, the wage gap disappears. This is true for some women in high-paying "male" fields such as engineering, chemistry, and computer science.

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Lopez, Naomi. "Free Markets, Free Choices II: Smashing the Wage Gap and Glass Ceiling Myths." Working Paper, Pacific Research Institute, October 1999.