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Gender Pay Gap widens for women with degrees

Geoff Riley

24th August 2016

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The pay gap in the UK between men and women with higher level qualifications has not changed for 20 years, despite several government initiatives. Gemma Tetlow, FT economics correspondent, uses Institute for Fiscal Studies research to examine the reasons for this. For higher educated women, the estimated loss of earnings for a year spent out of the labour market is 4% of pay.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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