Benjamin Posmanick News Today

Despite major educational gains for women, the wage gap between men and women hasn't changed since the start of the millennium, according to two new studies. One study found that women only make 82 cents to every man’s dollar in 2022. That’s despite women earning 42% of college degrees compared to men’s 32% as of 2020. Why does the gap still persist? One compelling reason: having a family.

Getting more women into leadership roles is a laudable goal. But it wont change the desire of many women to focus their attention at home.

Family leave policies, though limited in scope and typically unpaid in the U.S., have hamstrung progress toward gender wage equity since the 1990s, according to an economic paper.

Photo by Victoria Byrne / Daniel Schiffhauer, Economics Club chairperson BY MARNIQUE OLIVIERI-PANEPENTO, STAFF WRITER Daniel Schiffhauer is one of the first students on track to earn a Bachelor of Science in economics at St. Bonaventure University.  The economics program, through the School of Business, offers a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science…