Through this essay we will look at another economic issue that impacts you today and will influence you throughout your life. You will frequently hear discussions about whether women earn as much as men and if not, why?
For this essay you are to read at least four of the articles printed out for class. I have selected a wide range of articles that look at a variety of factors influencing women and men’s earning power from a variety of reputable sources.
Your essay should be structured as such:
Part 1: Summarize at least four of the articles. What are the author’s main ideas and points? What sources do they cite to support their statistics?
Part 2: Connect the authors’ arguments with each other. Do some articles support each other? What facts do these articles seem to disagree about?
Part 3: Connect the articles and arguments to your own life. Have you seen this issue impact your household? How do you think these issues relate to the job fields you are interested in? Using the Oregon Career Information System look up average pay for work fields you would like to enter and compare it to other types of employment. https://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/Portal.aspx
Articles
- Do men earn more because they are more highly qualified?
- Are they more confident?
- Are women inferior as workers?
- Should the household work women do be monetized, meaning should women be compensated with money for doing work such as cooking, cleaning, farming, and raising children?
For this essay you are to read at least four of the articles printed out for class. I have selected a wide range of articles that look at a variety of factors influencing women and men’s earning power from a variety of reputable sources.
Your essay should be structured as such:
Part 1: Summarize at least four of the articles. What are the author’s main ideas and points? What sources do they cite to support their statistics?
Part 2: Connect the authors’ arguments with each other. Do some articles support each other? What facts do these articles seem to disagree about?
Part 3: Connect the articles and arguments to your own life. Have you seen this issue impact your household? How do you think these issues relate to the job fields you are interested in? Using the Oregon Career Information System look up average pay for work fields you would like to enter and compare it to other types of employment. https://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/Portal.aspx
Articles
- The Biggest Myth About the Gender Wage Gap. Derek Thompson. The Atlantic Monthly
- How to End the Gender Pay Gap Once and for All. Derek Thompson. The Atlantic Monthly
- Why are Women Paid Less? Jordan Weissman. The Atlantic Monthly
- Gender Pay Gaps. OECD
- Why is There a Gender Pay Gap? Office of Fair and Safe Work Queensland.
- The '77 Cents on the Dollar' Myth About Women's Pay. Mark Perry and Andrew Biggs. Wall Street Journal
- Don't Blame Discrimination for Gender Wage Gap. Ramesh Ponnuru. BloombergView
- Tackling the Gender Pay Gap in the European Union. European Commission
- Pay Gap is Because of Gender, Not Jobs. Claire Miller. New York Times