get_gender_wage_gap {epidata}R Documentation

Retreive the percent by which hourly wages of female workers are less than hourly wages of male workers

Description

The gender wage gap is the percent by which hourly wages of female workers are less than hourly wages of male workers. It is also often expressed as a wage ratio (women's share of men's wages) by subtracting the gap from 100 percent.

Usage

get_gender_wage_gap(by = NULL)

Arguments

by

NULL or r for a parition by race

Details

Value

tbl_df with data filtered by the selected criteria.

References

Economic Policy Institute Data Library

Examples

if (not_dos()) get_gender_wage_gap()

if (not_dos())
get_gender_wage_gap("r")

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