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The gender pay gap is hurting productivity

  • Written by Tom Kennedy, Economist, University of New England
imageGender income inequality in Australia is now considerably above the OECD average of 15.5%.rochelle hartman/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Narrowing the wage gap between men and women would not only deliver equal income, but boost Australia’s long-term productivity, our research shows.

Government data shows that the gender pay gap for full-time employees,...

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