All Entries Tagged With: "Earnings"
Government Study Documents Gender Gap in STEM Education and Jobs
Women hold only 24 percent of the jobs in STEM fields, the same percentage as is the year 2000.
Posted on Aug 04, 2011 | Comments 0
The Gender Gap in Earnings for Recent College Graduates
Even for full-time workers, on average women with a bachelor’s degree earn significantly less than men.
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 | Comments 0
The Gender Gap in Earnings for College Graduates Varies Across Major Disciplines
A new report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University finds that on average a person with a bachelor’s degree will earn 84 percent more over the course of his or her lifetime than a peer who only graduated from high school. But the earnings benefit of a college degree is not uniform across the major disciplines. And the gender gap in earnings can be quite different depending on the degree earned.
Posted on May 27, 2011 | Comments 0
