Will the Web 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

[Thom Lowther]

What you can not see might actually be able to help you. The Internet has the potential to equalize pay and increase diversity. As in the Wizard of OZ, the question is,”who is behind the curtain?” Does it really matter? Maybe now skills and competency will truly be rewarded.

[Nury Becerra]

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