Marginalia
June, 2004
MYTH:WOMER EARN 76 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY MENReality: Comparisons between men and women with similar experience and life situations actually show little difference in earnings. A study by economics professor June O'Neill found that among workers ages 27 to 33 who have never had a child, women earn 98 percent of what men make. A survey of 25 business schools found that me and women receive similar m dian starting salaries across . a variety of disciplines. And l, 2003 report by the Nati...
