• more about #genderequityinearnings
    Gretchen now has TWO kittens: I've pretty much always made more than Mr. G and he's never minded at all. At one point I was making 3x his salary. When I left performance and went... more »
    PrettyPrettyPrincess: I have a much more prominent/senior role than my bf but I suspect we make approximately the same. Given the gender pay disparity and the fact that my ... more »
    NewsBunny: Slightly off topic: I have an informational interview at a big PR firm tomorrow. I would like to change careers. I'm a little freaked out. But -- mayb... more »
    sportz.star: My mom always made more than my dad. I never knew that was "abnormal" until I was in high school. I always figured since every mom I knew worked, it w... more »
    Sophie needs to study...damn: Has anyone else noticed the latest trend in R&B and rap is to sing about how "independent" a woman is for her ability to pay for herself and the m... more »
    NefariousNewt: My wife makes more than me and I really don't have a problem with it. In fact, I'm rather proud of it, because she's a top-notch project manager. more »
    Eeva: Tchah, that's just because women see bumps everywhere: in the percentage of women out-earning their husbands, in Nicole Richie's abdomen... BumpWatch ... more »
    Tambo: I wonder if women are more willing to pick up slack at their jobs with translates into getting some more cash when they become more valuable. I've hea... more »
    MsMerlin: I was making more than MrMerlin prior to my layoff last year. Now I'm having a difficult time finding a job, but not because of my credentials. I get ... more »
    Annabellie: Maybe men earn less than women during recessions because more men work in fields where there are higher percentages in lay-offs? Like in the auto manu... more »
    Penny: ...and women tend to see a bump in that percentage every economic downtown. Maybe because the majority of people in manufacturing are men and that is ... more »
    LadyFabulous: Obvs, since generally women are paid less it's easier to let those more expensive males go and pay more women less to do the same work. more »
    Penny: I nominate "Recessionistas" as The Word To Be Killed In 2009. more »
    DangerMouse: I will do my part to bring that number up to the 1/2 it should be, but then I'd need a partner. more »
    Brigit: Well I currently out-earn Mr.B, by a small margin, just because his department is stingy as hell. My department rocks in that sense and usually increa... more »
    funnyface: Screw that. I just lost a job, was unemployed for 3 months, and now I feel effing GRATEFUL to have a job that pays $4k less per year than the old one... more »
    PilgrimSoul: Men seem, anecdotally, to me, to get discouraged more easily when, at work, their Genius is not Recognized. Women expect to be ignored; men expect to... more »
    MizJenkins: Downturn? Is it because women tend to be underrepresented in the fields that are more vulnerable to layoffs (financial services and manufacturing come... more »
  • #jezenomics

    Recessionistas

    Justin Wolfers at Freakonomics points out that more than one-quarter of working women out-earn their working husbands these days — and women tend to see a bump in that percentage every economic downtown. [Freakonomics]