{"id":3077,"date":"2010-05-02T11:55:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T19:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2010-05-03T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T19:58:06","slug":"startling-pay-gap-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/startling-pay-gap-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Startling Pay-Gap Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here's yet another reason <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2010\/4\/21\/why-women-arent-lining-up-for-mbas.html\">why women aren't lining up for MBAs<\/a>: According to the Harvard Business Review, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/research\/2010\/04\/the-pay-gap-and-delusions-of-p.html\" target=\"_blank\">women make about $4,600 less per year than men do post-MBA<\/a>. Apparently the pay gap is widening, even after making adjustments for giving birth and aspiring towards goals of varying levels.<\/p>\n<p>This \"demoralizing research\" (as it's been referred to) has been compiled into \"Women in Management: Delusions of Progress,\" a study by Catalyst's Nancy Carter and Christine Silva.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a few of the findings from Carter and Silva's research:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unequal pay isn't an occurrence that just \"happens\" over time; rather salary differentials start with the very first jobs and progressively widen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Women generally leave their first jobs earlier than men leave theirs, and the predominant reason <em>why<\/em> women leave is for management reasons\u2014a bad manager in particular.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If women were not expected to divulge how much they were (under)paid at their last jobs, then they probably wouldn't receive lower wages for their next job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on women and pay, visit the HBR special report on <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/pay-gap\" target=\"_blank\">Women and the Workplace Pay Gap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related Accepted.com Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2008\/9\/10\/women-mba-applicants.html?utm_campaign=BlogContent&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=MBAwomenPost\">Women      MBA Applicants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2010\/3\/26\/gmac-reports-record-breaking-number-of-women-gmat-test-taker.html?utm_campaign=BlogContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=GMACWomen&amp;utm_term=GMACWomen\">GMAC      Reports Record-Breaking Number of Women GMAT Test-takers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2010\/1\/25\/reflecting-back-on-1970s-womens-colleges.html?utm_campaign=BlogContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=1970WomenCollege\">Reflecting      Back on 1970s Women's Colleges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/chat\/transcripts\/2006\/mba10032006_forte2.aspx?utm_campaign=blogcontent&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_source=blogvisitors&amp;utm_content=womenvaluechat\">The      MBA Value Proposition for Women<\/a>, chat transcript<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/chat\/transcripts\/2006\/mba10032006_forte.aspx?utm_campaign=blogcontent&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_source=blogvisitors&amp;utm_content=intlwomenvaluechat\">The      MBA Value Proposition for Women Internationally<\/a>, chat transcript<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/chat\/transcripts\/2006\/mba10052006_forte3.aspx?utm_campaign=blogcontent&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_source=blogvisitors&amp;utm_content=colorwomenvaluechat\">The      MBA Value Proposition for Women of Color<\/a>, chat transcript<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want our news sent directly to your inbox? <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/blog\/subscribe.aspx?utm_campaign=BlogContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=SubscribeBlog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/blog\/subscribe.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Subscribe to the Accepted Admissions Almanac by clicking here!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/MBA\/Default.aspx?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=MBAIcon\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object3\/947\/54\/s8255073883_9880.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260090948492\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Accepted.com<\/a> ~ Helping You Write Your Best<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s yet another reason why women aren&#8217;t lining up for MBAs: According to the Harvard Business Review, women make about $4,600 less per year than men do post-MBA. 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