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Women caseworkers matched men’s results and earned 8 percent less a year
The gap survived after researchers compared like-for-like tasks and measured results, but it was not an hourly wage gap.
Jobseekers assigned to women and men left unemployment at similar rates. The women’s hourly pay was also almost the same, yet their annual earnings still came out lower.
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