The pay gap of 77c&#x2F;$ still matters. Not only does the gap persist to a lower extent when you control for everything, &quot;controlling for everything&quot; is not actually a clarifying approach when discussing the gender gap issue.<p>see: &quot;The problem with controlling for &#x27;all other factors&#x27; when looking at pay discrimination&quot; (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;badeconomics&#x2F;comments&#x2F;49k23i&#x2F;the_problem_with_controlling_for_all_other&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;badeconomics&#x2F;comments&#x2F;49k23i&#x2F;the_pr...</a>)