Our thanks to Belinda for this. Two-thirds of private sector employees are men, two-thirds of public sector employees are women. Public sector income resilience surely contributes significantly to the gender pay deficit gap.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
Wow… BBC eh?
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I know… someone will surely be fired over this thoughtcrime.
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Indeed! Coincidentally I just saw the report on the news. Of course you are quite right the public sector is a big part of the story for young women. The most worrying part of this should be the disappearance of the manufacturing jobs, because its a measure of the shrinking of our producing sectors. The sectors we will need to compete and stop borrowing. Its a story not unlike the Vet. story. We are sleepwalking into serious trouble because attention is on dividing the “goodies” and plum jobs, rather than what is needed to generate the wealth we need (not least to pay the debts).
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Another example of men having to pay off women’s debts.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38931211 This story is a nice illustration of the complexity. More and more men are “employed” in the “gig economy” in the industries that are traditionally “male” (dirty dangerous outdoors smelly) so even if working hard and earning, their earnings are much more variable over time and they can’t build a career nor pension etc (and are a poorer bet for loans/mortgages). However the state funded sector (including such odd things to fund by the state such as TV or Health) overwhelmingly female, still has steady salaries, security of employment comparative generous pensions etc. This adds to the differential because though in a couple the man may appear to earn more in fact it is the much more secure and steady employment of the women (in the state funded sector) that is a better bet for financial institutions. So not only do the “female” sectors now pay well they are really the last places where “job for life” and career progression are still the norm. This shift is very evident here in the north west. Its not only pay but also the additional advantages of security and consistency and of course ease of obtaining time off or “redeployment” etc. I don’t suppose anyone has done the research but I suspect thee will be a huge “gender gap” in the security of jobs with males not only twice as likely to be sel employed but similarly twice as likely to be on the various forms of flexible/short term contracts collectively called the “gig” economy. Even in the BBC the technical trades (overwhelmingly male) are hired in this “gig” way while of course the office staff still are in a version of the civil service.
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See I’ve suspected this for a while, at least in the US women get preferred treatment for employment (everyone except white males basically ). Honestly some companies (all past a certain size) even create make work jobs to keep EEOC off their backs. Just on the economic incentives alone, women have more stable employment than men.
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