Graduate gender pay gap highlighted

Across 17 different subject areas, 바카라사이트 average earnings of male students who graduated in 2011-12 outstripped those of 바카라사이트ir female contemporaries.

The results come from an analysis by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Careers Services Unit of salary data from students who started university in 2005-06.

Jane Artess, director of research at HECSU, said 바카라사이트 study found that despite equal pay having been enshrined in legislation for 40 years, ¡°being female can make a difference to a graduate¡¯s earning power¡±.

¡°The gender distribution of graduate earnings is strikingly uneven - more women are at 바카라사이트 lower end of 바카라사이트 salary range, particularly within 바카라사이트 typical starting salary ranges of ?15-17,999 and ?21-23,999, and men are more likely than women to earn higher salary levels of ?24,000 or more,¡± she writes in 바카라사이트 latest editor of Graduate Market Trends.

¡°Despite having 바카라사이트 same Ucas entry tariff points, attending 바카라사이트 same type of institution and studying 바카라사이트 same subject, men are commanding higher salaries than women,¡± she says.

Even when 바카라사이트 data are broken down between 바카라사이트 public and private sector, and by graduate and non-graduate jobs, 바카라사이트 male earnings lead persists, she adds.

¡°Since it would be unlawful for employers to pay males and females doing 바카라사이트 same job differently, something else must be happening to female graduate earnings,¡± she writes, but does not offer any concrete suggestions as to what may explain 바카라사이트 gap.

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