Will the Internet close the gender pay gap?

 Just like 100 years ago, today’s transition from one economic age to a better one will help narrow the gender pay gap. But will it close the gap?

 Women earn about 73% of men. There were steep advances in pay for women for most of the 20^th century. But the current 73% glass pay ceiling has not cracked for the past several decades.

 The web will narrow the gender pay gap for these Nine Shift reasons: 1) when women work from home, they can spend more time with their family with less sacrifice to work. 2) when men work from home, they can spend more time with their family with less sacrifice to work. 3) women working from home, like men, will find a global knowledge workplace, where employers at a distance pay based on output, not office or gender politics.

 Will the Internet close the gender pay gap? Tell us what you think. 

 

Comments

[Suzanne]

Yes, it will close the gap.

I believe the primary reason that the gap even exists is that women are more likely then men to 1) Go part time when they have kids 2) Take time off when their kids are young and 3)Not take jobs that are highest paying because of the sacrifices they require (i.e. jobs that require extensive travel).

Therefore, telecommuting offers working mothers an opportunity to "have it all." That being said, I still believe there will be a significant amount of mothers who will still take time out of the workforce all together when their kids are young. And when they go back into the workforce, they will make less money then the men who kept working the whole time.