Labor Union Blog

Economic Report:

Are your wage earnings influenced by your views on gender roles? A new study by the University of Florida found that men who hold traditional views, such as women should be at home while men bring home the bacon, earn $11,930 more a year then men who think men and women should be paid equally and work equally. Additionally, men who held those traditional views also earned 71 percent more per year than women who shared their traditional values. Men who believe in equality only earn 7 percent more on average than female co-workers.