We often hear about the gender pay gap - the headline figure for determining gender inequality in the workplace.

But what has been happening to the gender pay gap? What kind of inequalities open up when parenthood begins? Are there imbalances in the amount of paid and unpaid work people do?

In this video, we explore gender inequalities in work and pay.

    Authors

    Alison Andrew
    Alison Andrew

    Research Fellow University of Oxford

    Alison is a Research Fellow of our Institute with research interests in the economics of gender, marriage and education.

    Explainer details

    DOI
    10.1920/ex.ifs.2024.0075
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Andrew, A. (2022). Gender inequalities in work and pay explained [Explainer] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/gender-inequalities-work-and-pay-explained (accessed: 2 November 2026).

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