The
gender pay gap for UK
graduates is as bad as it was 20
years ago
LONDON — The
gender pay gap is "the same" as it was 20
years ago among the mid- and high-educated, according to new research published Tuesday by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
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The research shows that the average difference in hourly wages between men and women has fallen gradually over the past two decades — from 28 percent in 1993 to 23 percent in 2003 and to 18 percent in 2016.*
However, among mid- and high-educated people, the
gender pay gap remains "the same" as it was 20
years ago.
"Only among the lowest-educated individuals has the
gender wage gap continued to shrink over the past two decades,"
reads the report.
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