I don’t know if it’s just me, but when talk turns to the gender pay gap, my mind conjures images of Succession-style boardrooms, FTSE 100 execs, and literal glass ceilings. I imagine the fight as one between women and men in power, but new research suggests this narrative could be doing more harm than good – especially for women in low-income households.
According to a new study published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics, the gender pay gap is far more complex than women being underrepresented at the top. In fact, the pay gap is widest in wealthy households, where women earn, on average, 25% less than their male partners. In poorer households, the gap is 4%.
