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.
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Alison is a Senior Research Economist of our Institute with research interests in the economics of gender, marriage and education.
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- IFS
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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: 3 December 2023).
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