Unity writes that her eye was caught by an item by Yvonne Roberts on Comment is Free (from Guardian Newspapers) because, says Unity, of its poor reasoning. ... New research by Kate Purcell and Peter Elias of the University of Warwick uses data from a longitudinal study of more than 3,000 graduates who gained their first degree in 1995. They found that young women in their first full time job are already earning 11% less than their male peers. Three years later, it’s 15% and then 19% by 2002/2003. That’s one hell of a chasm. Well it is a bit of a gap, but the important question is why?
The important question for the Liberal Conspiracy writer may be to do with the why of the gap in pay which isn't just a bit -- my important question is why the deuce a responsible reporter didn't actually check out the research which was conducted in 2005 and published in 2006!
New research? Definitely not. ADSET's Members' Update reported this research two years ago. If that's new then I'll eat my best Sunday hat!
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