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How skills and personality traits contribute to the gender pay gap

  • Written by Anita Staneva, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
imageWomen on higher incomes see an income boost from reading skills.Shutterstock

The gender pay gap in Australia currently stands at 15.3%, but this number hides other differences in how men and women are paid. It is important to note that the gender wage gap varies by income level. At higher income levels women earn up to 23% less than men, but the...

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