In other words, the pay of women relative to men probably stayed constant not in spite of, but because of, the increase in the female labor force. There is another, complementary reason why the gender gap in earnings was stagnating at the same moment that the gender gap in employment was narrowing.
converge. vb. 1. to move or cause to move towards the same point: crowds converged on the city. 2. to meet or cause to meet; join. 3. (intr) (of opinions, effects, etc) to tend towards a common conclusion or result.
intransitive verb. 1 : to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet converging paths Police cars converged on the accident scene. 2 : to come together and unite in a common interest or focus Economic forces converged to bring the country out of the recession. 3: to approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit the series converges