The furore about the gender pay gap continues, with little economic analysis but a lot of emotion. The latest concern … Continue reading “Pay gaps don’t have to indicate discrimination. They can have perfectly harmless explanations”

The Women and Equalities Committee has just published a report calling for increased job protection for new mothers along German … Continue reading “Discrimination: don’t believe the media hype”

The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee is conducting an investigation into the Gender Pay Gap (GPG). Among the … Continue reading “The Gender Pay Gap is a fashionable myth”

News outlets regularly report evidence of ‘gender pay gaps’ or figures showing women or people of certain ethnic origins are … Continue reading “Unequal outcomes are often just differences, not discrimination”