If you work part-time your experience counts for nothing…

The redoubtable Institute for Fiscal Studies has published a really powerful fresh analysis of the gender pay gap.  They have used three large longitudinal datasets - ones that track people over time, and so give much greater insights into what causes what - to unpick the factors that cause the gender pay gap to develop as it does over people's working lives.  It's the kind of evidence that packs a real punch, and although it's complex the IFS gets it across about as accessibly as it can, with some really useful charts to help us out. The key, blunt and stark conclusion is this: the effect of extra part-time work…
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