Given the evidence from the articles referenced below and based on your understanding of economics from this module, discuss the sources of gender pay gap. How might policies on increasing pay transparency or childcare help to reduce the gap?
Andrew, A., Bandiera, O., Costa-Dias, M. and Landais, C. (2021) ‘Women and men at work’, IFS Deaton
Review of Inequalities.
Bawden, A. (2021), ‘UK gender pay gap unaffected by government policy over past 25 years’ The Guardian,
December 6.
Thomas, D., Elliott, O. and Clark, D. (2021) ‘UK gender pay gap widens despite pressure on business to
improve’, Financial Times, October 6.
