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November 24, 2006
North Carolina girl power
The differences in pay between men and women have been an issue of major concern for many years. But N.C. State University economist Mike Walden says working women in North Carolina have made progress in closing this gap.
"Since 1980 the average wage rate for women … has gone up twice as fast as that for men," explains Walden, a faculty member in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
"And in the current decade of the 2000s, women’s wages adjusted for inflation have gone up 5 percent. There’s been absolutely no increase for men," he adds.
"Now a big reason behind this is education. Women are acquiring education at a more rapid rate than men are. This is qualifying them for higher-paying jobs, better jobs," Walden says. "This is resulting resulted in a closing of the gender gap in pay."
Posted by deeshore at November 24, 2006 09:45 AM