Women and men tend to work in very different occupations. And overall “men’s jobs” are better paid than “women’s jobs.”
Source:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2009. Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2008. Report 1017. See http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2008.pdf.
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Gendered occupations and unequal rewards