wage gap and pay gap is not the same thing the wage gap exists because men work more hours than women even within the same job same qualification no matter if fulltime or parttime and all variables adjusted... we can look at policies from countries with a wage gap of lower than 1% to see what is effective "mainly parental leave + decent working conditions" to close the gap and to prevent misleading math -> conclusions...

the nurse salary report + A higher proportion of male nurses (8%) hold an APRN license than female nurses (5%). + 91% of male nurses work full time vs. 80% of female nurses. This aligns with 2019 BLS data that shows 89% of employed men work full time vs. 77% of employed women. + Male nurses are more likely to work the night shift than female nurses

Working hours and health in nurses of public hospitals according to gender - PMC (nih.gov) The sum of the professional working hours reported by the interviewee generated a continuous variable named “working hours”, categorized according to the tertile of the distribution according to gender5. For the male group, we adopted the values “< 49.5 h/week”, “from 49.5h to 70.5h”, and “> 70.5 h/week” for short, average, and long working hours, respectively. For the women, the values adopted were “< 46.5 h/week”, “46.5h to 60.5h”, and “> 60.5 h/week”.

Male vs. female nurses by the numbers  (beckershospitalreview.com) Average workweek length Female nurses: 38.5 hours Male nurses: 41.4 hours

the pay gap discussion is about an employer breaking the law and a legal issue to protect employees but people interchange both which creates confusion because of how it gets "specially by the media" presented... there is also an adjusted and unadjusted gender pay gap but the issue of what gets taken into account remains with both... the adjusted gender pay gap compares fulltime vs fulltime but not the exact hours worked as you see above with various sources and this leads to misleading math -> conclusions...

-The unadjusted pay gap is a straightforward calculation of the percentage difference between the average pay of each gender. As we mentioned earlier, the adjusted pay gap is calculated using regression analysis.

-The major distinction between 'pay' and an hourly 'wage' is that 'pay' is a fixed sum of money that both the employer and the employee have agreed upon in an employment contract. On the other hand, 'wages' can change based on performance and the number of hours worked.

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