I thought I’d provide the following graphs as food for thought in the current debates. I know that the money stuff is certainly not the immediate reason for the current debates, but it is certainly part of the background.
(Source: WOMEN’S ECONOMIC STATUS IN THE STATES: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region (pdf) – Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2004)
(Source: EARNINGS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN (pdf) – DoL, 1993)
(Sorry that some of the numbers are a bit old, I Haven’t been able to dind more recent ones for all graphs, but I doubt that things have changed so much)
(Source: Women working Left Business Observer, 1994)
(Source: WOMEN’S ECONOMIC STATUS IN THE STATES: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region (pdf) – Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2004)
And the last one is not directly linked to work and income, but it provides some additional insights:
(Source (ppt doc) – Canadian Association of Administrators of Labor Relations)
