Exam Preview for 30491: Dissecting the Gender Pay Gap January 10, 2

Dissecting the Gender Pay Gap

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1. The gender pay gap statistic is calculated by using: salary range data median salary value average salary value salary mode value
2. Which of the following statements regarding the gender pay gap statistic is false? reflects the difference between amounts of money paid to men versus women takes into consideration full-time salary values only takes into account all ethnicities none of the above
3. The 2016 Compensation and Benefits Report from the American Academy of Audiology indicates that the gender pay gap between male and female audiologists is: consistent with women making 79 cents to every man dollar a reversal of the gender pay gap statistic where men make 79 cents to every woman dollar is significantly smaller than the general statistic, with women making closer to 95 cents to every man dollar does not exist as male and female audiologist are paid equally
4. The Equal Pay Act requires equal pay for men and women: within the same field within the same company for work that requires equal skill and responsibility all of the above
5. Based on a research review by the US Department of Labor, a very high percentage of gender wage gaps in the United States are attributable to the: individual choices made by men versus women ratio of men versus women with seniority greater number of women in part-time positions imbalanced salaries grandfathered in after passage of the Equal Pay Act
6. When comparing salaries of men versus women in the same field, with the same amount of education, experience and responsibilities, research shows that the gender pay gap statistic: shrinks considerably stays exactly the same increases but only by a little bit becomes significantly bigger
7. Economist have found that the gender pay gap widens considerably nine years after college because: It takes It takes about 10 years for the wage gap to reach statistical significance within the same field the time period coincides with specific periods of times when women exited the work force to start a family of the trend for more women transition to part-time jobs within 10 years of graduating from college all of the above
8. According to several sources, when factors pertaining to personal choice are accounted for, the actual gender pay gap: decreases to about 12 cents decreased to about 7 cents increases by an additional 12 cents increased by an additional 7 cents
9. In her Boggle studies where male and female participants were paid for their time, Babcock found: men were paid more than women due to gender bias on the part of the participant who was assigned the role of paying participants for their time women were paid more than men due to gender bias on the part of the participant assigned th role of paying participants for their time men and women were paid exactly the same based on the amount of time dedicated to participation men were paid more than women because more man flat out asked for more money for their participation
10. Research reviewing Master degree student job offers found: both men and women push for a better deal essentially equally twice as many men push for a better deal than women three times as many men push for a better deal than women four times as many men push for a better deal than women