How Will the Recession Effect the Wage Gap?

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-03-04 16:36:00 UTC
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Take a look at these two stunning graphics coming from the New York Times this week. How do you think they will influence each other? From where I sit, the outcome doesn't look good.

The Geography of a Recession

Job losses have been most severe in the areas that experienced a big boom in housing, those that depend on manufacturing and those that already had the highest unemployment rates. Related Article 

Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller?

Nearly every occupation has the gap - the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the size of the paycheck brought home by a woman and the larger one earned by a man doing the same job. Economists cite a few reasons: discrimination as well as personal choices within occupations are two major factors, and part of the gap can be attributed to men having more years of experience and logging more hours. 

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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