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In response to "Listening to the latest Freakonomics podcast on a study about Uber and the gender pay gap. It's fascinating. -- (link)" by Name Withheld by Request

Haven’t checked this out, but Uber seems like the kind of company that would hear “women get paid less than men” and go “That’s a great idea!” -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Feb 7 '18, 07:08

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Ten-cent version: The Stanford study looked at two years of Uber data (with company blessing) and found a 7% pay gap. But, once you looked at... -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Feb 7, 07:12 4
- I think there's going to be very few situations where "same job, same level" is going to have a blatant pay gap - Reagen Feb 7, 07:17 2
  - I don't typically think so either. The researchers originally thought there would be no gap or one in favour of women, so were surprised by the outcome. -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Feb 7, 07:22 1
    - Oh, I didn't realize this was Uber specific. -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 07:48
- Cool. (And thanks for the summary) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 07:17

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