Comment by oflannabhra

The most rational, fact-based reporting I've seen on the wage gap comes from Freakonomics. They have several episodes [0], [1] that dive into the current research.

The TLDR, if I remember correctly, is: Yes, there is a wage gap between genders. It is smaller than most headlines claim, but real. Lots of factors go into this, but it is probably a mix of: companies _can_ pay women less, so they will, and women tend to value some things greater than salary. However, there is no smoking gun we can point to as a definitive root cause.

[0] - http://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-true-story-of-the-gender...

[1] - http://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-can-uber-teach-us-about...