I think there's a fine line when it comes to women earning less than men. If someone is going to do a useful study they need to look at more than just industry averages. In some cases women may choose to work in less well paid jobs due to the general culture within the better paid industry and these cases are worth highlighting but equally some women do choose to work at things like bringing up their children, just as some men do.
Also some types of jobs are better suited to part-time and flexible working than others. This ability should also be considered when looking at gender discrepancies.
At the end of the day it would seem more helpful to me if the statistics showed things like what proportion of the women & men had children/other commitments and how acommodating the type of work was to such things as well as pay differences.
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