"Despite increasing awareness, the gender pay gap has yet to close. In 2018, women still earned about eighty cents for every dollar men did, and that number changes when factoring in a woman's education level, profession, and ethnicity. These articles explore the discussion surrounding the gender pay gap, and highlight how our understanding of it has evolved in the past decade. Beginning with Obama's signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in his first weeks as president and leading to some of the complicated economics of paid family leave, these articles explore the factors that create a gender pay gap and point to possible solutions"--Provided by the publisher.

Includes index. Includes glossaries. At head of title: The New York Times.

The pay gap over the decades -- Law in effect today bans job discrimination based on sex / by Damon Stetson -- Court cases reveal new inequalities in women's pay / by Robert Pear -- Gender pay gap, once narrowing, is stuck in place / by David Leonhardt -- Justices' ruling limits suits on pay disparity / by Linda Greenhouse -- Obama signs equal-pay legislation / by Sheryl Gay Stolberg -- Obama moves to expand rules aimed at closing gender pay gap / by Julie Hirschfeld Davis -- The pay gap across industries -- A 44% pay divide for female and male law partners, survey says / by Elizabeth Olson -- Study finds a gender gap at the top museums / by Hilarie M. Sheets -- Stubborn pay gap is found in nursing / by Catherine Saint Louis -- Dr. paid less: an old title still fits female physicians / by Catherine Saint Louis -- At Google, employee-led effort finds men are paid more than women / by Daisuke Wakabayashi -- Roger Federer, $731,000; Serena Williams, $495,000: the pay gap in tennis / by Ben Rothenberg -- Top female players accuse U.S. Soccer of wage discrimination / by Andrew Das -- Carli Lloyd: why I'm fighting for equal pay / by Carli Lloyd -- Catt Sadler leaves E! Entertainment, saying a male co-host earned twice as much / by Maggie Astor -- Emma Stone says male co-stars cut their own salaries to tackle inequity / by Sophie Haigney -- Mark Wahlberg and agency will donate $2 million to Time's Up after outcry over pay / by Jeffery C. Mays -- As Obama spotlights gender gap in wages, his own payroll draws scrutiny / by Michael D. Shear and Annie Lowrey -- Gender pay gap? Maybe not in the corner office, a study shows / by Andrew Ross Sorkin -- The economics of the pay gap -- Another reason women may be paid less than men / by Tara Siegel Bernard -- The motherhood penalty vs. the fatherhood bonus / by Claire Cain Miller -- 'Williams,' the princess and the gender pay gap / by Charles M. Blow -- Vigilant eye on gender pay gap / by Tara Siegel Bernard -- Women still earn a lot less than men / by the New York Times -- Is Planned Parenthood's president overpaid? / by Margot Sanger-Katz and Claire Cain Miller -- As women take over a male-dominated field, the pay drops / by Claire Cain Miller -- The gender pay gap is largely because of motherhood / by Claire Cain Miller -- What we talk about when we talk about pay inequity / by Valeriya Safronova -- The 10-year baby window that is the key to the women's pay gap / by Claire Cain Miller -- How a common interview question fuels the gender pay gap (and how to stop it) / by Claire Cain Miller -- Solving the pay gap -- Possible path to closing pay gap / by Sendhill Mullainathan -- How to attack the gender wage gap? Speak up / by Jessica Bennett -- Let's expose the gender pay gap / by Joanne Lipman -- How to bridge that stubborn pay gap / by Claire Cain Miller -- Illegal in Massachusetts: asking your salary in a job interview / by Stacy Cowley -- Room for debate: how to reduce the pay gap between men and women / by the New York Times -- How to close a gender gap: let employees control their schedules / by Claire Cain Miller -- One effort to close the gender pay gap won't get a try under Trump / by Claire Cain Miller -- How to win the battle of the sexes over pay (hint: it isn't simple.) / by Claudia Goldin -- How Boston is trying to close the gender pay gap / by Anna Louie Sussman -- The pay gap abroad -- Wage gaps for women frustrating Germany / by Sarah Plass -- Equal pay for men and women? Iceland wants employers to prove it / by Liz Alderman -- Australian TV host's departure raises questions on gender pay gap / by Jacqueline Williams -- Children hurt women's earnings, but not men's (even in Scandinavia) / by Claire Cain Miller -- British companies must reveal how they pay women vs. men / by Amie Tsang -- BBC publishes pay of top stars, revealing gender gap / by Sewell Chan -- BBC news editor quits her post to protest gender pay gap / by Matthew Haag -- Britain aims to close gender pay gap with transparency and shame / by Liz Alderman -- The gender pay gap: trying to narrow it / by Amie Tsang and Liz Alderman -- Major fashion names among worst offenders in Britain gender pay gap / by Elizabeth Paton.