The gender pay gap

Publication type

Parliamentary Paper

Series Number

7068

Series

House of Commons Library Briefing Paper

Authors

Publication date

November 15, 2018

Summary:

This briefing paper provides statistics on the size of the gender pay gap in the UK, looks at some of the reasons why the gender pay gap arises and discusses the duty on large employers to report on the size of the gender pay gap in their workforce.

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Link

https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN07068#fullreport

Notes

References: Costa Dias, M., Joyce, R., and Parodi, F. (2018) 'Wage progression and the gender wage gap: the causal impact of hours of work', IFS Briefing Notes, No. BN223. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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