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TheDiano t1_j77ltn4 wrote

Okay but this means nothing without it being broken out by occupation

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aussie_punmaster t1_j77qvy3 wrote

Disagree. Breaking it out by occupation will help you better understand some of the drivers, but understanding that women are a higher proportion of lower paid earners is in itself useful.

Say you’re planning policy for low income people in times of tight economy. You should consider that a higher proportion are likely to be women. Policies that speak to financial vulnerability will commonly not care if you were a teacher, plumber or a baker.

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Beliyat_Baron t1_j77s8rz wrote

You don't think understanding the drivers is important to fixing the disparity? Or do you only want to slap a bandaid on the symptoms and never fix the cause?

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aussie_punmaster t1_j77tsso wrote

I never said that. There is obvious meaning and value in understanding drivers.

But saying this view is meaningless without the drivers is what I am challenging.

I’d also add that the comment here talks to no value without examining a single driver of occupation. There are others that should be examined (e.g. part time vs full time employment, or number of hours worked per week paid and unpaid).

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TheDiano t1_j782flz wrote

Agree to disagree, it absolutely matters

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aussie_punmaster t1_j7a67cl wrote

What are you even disagreeing with that I’m saying? You don’t think that on its own it’s useful to understand that there’s a significant difference in the income distributions of women and men? That it’s useful to be aware of that in considering certain policies regardless of the drivers?

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TheDiano t1_j7b4s63 wrote

Correct, It’s not useful without context

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aussie_punmaster t1_j7cgumf wrote

Well we will have do agree to disagree then, because I think that’s a ridiculous position.

Do you also say the same when someone plots the CPI over time? It is only useful breaking into the different sectors to better understand which areas are driving inflation?

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TheDiano t1_j7cxsah wrote

Do you by any chance understand the words causation and correlation? Because I’m not sure you do

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aussie_punmaster t1_j7ex3u0 wrote

I do, do you understand English? Because I’m not sure you do.

What if I’m developing a policy for a discounted medical treatment which is gender specific and will apply to those on incomes below X? I don’t really care why there’s a difference, I just need to know that there’ll be one in the supplies that I’ll need.

I’d wager your great concern is because you’re fixated on the use/conclusion of the data you have in mind.

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TheDiano t1_j7fv5xf wrote

Exactly, at that point you look at the data and distribute accordingly. The data is what it is, it doesn’t mean it’s discriminatory

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aussie_punmaster t1_j7gw4cv wrote

You just told on yourself. I never said anything about it being discriminatory.

As I suspected, you’re so worried that someone might conclude it’s discrimination you’re jumping at shadows.

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TheDiano t1_j7h8f7g wrote

Then I misinterpreted what you said, my apologies.

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Simon676 t1_j782qyw wrote

I'm currently writing my thesis on wage gaps and this way of thinking has problems because historically many occupations have had low wages specifically because a majority of the workers in that occupation is women. Breaking it out by occupation often doesn't help much at all.

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TheDiano t1_j783k6m wrote

Yes it does, different occupations pay different wages. At my college, 80% of the engineering students were male. Females are more common in occupations like teaching. That doesn’t mean there’s a wage gap when engineers make more than teachers

Edit: you realize that wages are created by the value they create ($$), they aren’t just randomly created out of thin air

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Simon676 t1_j788szi wrote

No you of course can't just say "they're being paid more than me" and conclude you're being discriminated against, but some of the reason why engineers are being paid so much and teachers so little can partly be explained with there being more or less men and women in a specific trade.

Issue for me trying to explain this to you is that I'm coming from a country, Sweden, which has largely solved this issue and has lots of research on the subject. And I'm guessing you're from the US, where you're largely stuck at the point we were 20 years ago. I can't expect to convince you otherwise when you have lobbyists who've been spending millions telling you this shit for the past 20 years to hinder any progress.

Like even weighing in all the relevant factors like differences in trade, hours, experience, and like 20 other things you still have a massive gap in pay, one that you really can't explain with anything other than gender discrimination.

Here's a relevant graph from my thesis, showing how there still was a big gap even when properly compensating for all relevant factors:

https://www.ekonomifakta.se/webapi/chartimage/direct/png/sv/23886/1,2/all/1200

This is official data from the official governmental agency of statistics, Statistics Sweden or SCB.

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DataMan62 t1_j7jiv9p wrote

As an engineer, I can definitively say that teachers are more important than engineers. Almost exponentially more important. Teaching should pay better than tech jobs!! Not less!

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TheDiano t1_j7krors wrote

That’s your opinion, not a statement of fact

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BigPoppaPuff t1_j78ixgh wrote

> I’m currently writing my thesis on wage gaps

And if the majority of the people doing so are women, that explains the wage gap right there…

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Simon676 t1_j78jvc4 wrote

I'm studying economy, and I'm not a woman. What exactly are you trying to say with this comment? That this official data published by highly regulated governmental agencies, that is backed by a scientific consensus, is biased?

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BigPoppaPuff t1_j78kdvi wrote

You know what they say about people who graduate with degrees in economics, they’ll be able to articulate why they can’t get a job! Lol

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Simon676 t1_j78lm8v wrote

Wow... please take your bigotry elsewhere.

Not done with my studies yet, will be working towards a degree in engineering with a focus towards IT where I'll earn 70k/month SEK.

I hope you can find happiness in life.

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BigPoppaPuff t1_j78mkpa wrote

"bigotry" against whom? Economics PhDs? Lol

Congrats on your flexing about making USD $80K though, lol, glad you aren't insecure.

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Simon676 t1_j78qcnl wrote

>Congrats on your flexing about making USD $80K though, lol, glad you aren't insecure.

Well that part was just an inside joke you weren't supposed to get, no worries ;)

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