Why women earn less: Just two factors explain post-PhD pay gap
&gt;&gt;An unmarried, childless woman earned — on average — the same annual salary after receiving her doctorate as a man with a PhD in the same field, the researchers found.<p>This suggest that there is no sexism when it comes to compensation for your work, at least among PhDs.<p>&gt;&gt;That difference, they say, was explained entirely by the finding that married women with children earned less than men. Married men with children, on the other hand, saw no disadvantage in earnings.<p>Isn&#x27;t it obvious? Women spend more time away from work raising children.
I am ok with the world working that way. Women are better equipped to take care of a child in its first years and taking time to do that will naturally lead to making less money at work (because you spend less time there&#x2F;learn less&#x2F;have less experience). It makes sense to split roles in a family: a better equipped partner takes care of children and the other spends more time providing. That&#x27;s efficient use of combined family human resources.<p>I see no reasons to fight it. Life is about choices if you want children you will not get as far in your career as people who prioritize career over everything else. It would be unfair to force the latter group to subsidize your lifestyle choices.