Why the Gender Pay Gap Persists in American Businesses

Women have progressed a lot in terms of workplace gender equity since the days of Rosie the Riveter, but elements of inequity remain stubbornly in place. In 2024, for example, women still earn around 84 cents for every dollar a man earns for the same job on average in the US – almost the same as it was twenty years ago.

The Darden Report recently caught up with Professor Allison Elias, author of “The Rise of Corporate Feminism,” to explore the history of this continuing gender pay gap, where things stand today and new research on this dynamic. READ MORE