Why Does Progress On Women's Wages Seem To Be Stalling?

blam@theatlantic.com, The Atlantic
Tue, 11/17/2015 - 5:34am

Erin Siegal / Reuters For decades, women have been—slowly—catching up with men, in terms of how much they earn. But this year, that trajectory seems to have stopped or even reversed. According to an analysis of Americans’ weekly median earnings by The Wall Street Journal, men’s earnings are growing quite a bit faster than women’s this year.

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