Saturday, August 12, 2006

Women in Top Ranks Pull Up the Pay of Others

Women in Top Ranks Pull Up the Pay of Others: "MONTREAL -- American women earn substantially more money and narrow the long-standing gender gap in income if other women in their workplaces reach the ranks of senior management, according to a new national study presented here.

By contrast, the study found, increasing the number of women managers in junior positions makes no difference to the gender gap -- women on average continue to earn about 20 percent less than men.