Occupational Regulations and the Gender Wage Gap on Feed 44

C4SS Feed 44 presents ’s “Occupational Regulations and the Gender Wage Gap” read by  and edited by Nick Ford.

The truth is neither side has it right. The left says the gender wage gap results from discrimination. The evidence for this is shaky at best. The right says the gender wage gap can be chalked up to women’s choices. But this doesn’t take into account how government-mandated barriers such as the high cost of child care and occupational licensing laws influence those choices.

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