1SOCIOLOGYLearn“The Narrowing, But Persistent, Gender Gap In Pay” byAnna Brown AndEileenPattenA) Key FindingsDisparity in hourly earnings between men and women continue to remain considerable, in spite of some convergence. The gender discrimination in earnings has lessened since the twentieth century, amongst the young labor sector in particular but still persistent. In 2015, it was estimated that in the United States, women working both full time and part time received more than eighty percent of men’s income (Brown & Patten, 2017).It must be noted that based on this estimation, female employees would require an additional month or more to receive the equal earnings in comparison to men. The hourly earnings of women workers are at present about eighteen percent lower in comparison to male employees on an average rate, having been almost twenty-five percent less in 2003 and almost thirty percent in early 1990s (Brown & Patten, 2017).There is a gradual decline of percentage in income disparity amongst the adult employees of twenty-five to thirty-four of age. It has been witnessed that female employees belonging to this group earns ninety cent per dollar in comparison to a manin the same age category.The wage disparity increases widely during late twenties and early thirties. The income rate of men tend to increase rapidly during this phase, whereas the wage gap for women widens particularly at this age. Marriage or childbirth accounts for the gradual increase of the gender gap pay. Almost forty-two percent of female employees have been anticipated to reduce their

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