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US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids

  • Written by Alexandra Killewald, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
imageWomen typically earn less than men per hour that they work.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Women in the U.S. typically earned 85% as much as men for every hour they spent working in 2024. However, working women are faring much better than their moms and grandmothers did 40 years ago. In the mid-1980s, women were making only 65% as...

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