According to a World Health Organization and International Labour Organization analysis, women in the health care profession earn 24% less than their male counterparts.
The report, which is the most complete analysis of gender pay inequalities in health, finds a raw gender pay difference of roughly 20 percentage points, which increases to 24 percentage points when factors such as age, education, and working hours are taken into account.
According to the survey, women are underpaid for their labor market attributes when compared to males.
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Much of the wage gap is unexplained, perhaps due to discrimination towards women – who account for 67 per cent of health and care workers worldwide. The report also finds that wages in the health and care sector tend to be lower overall when compared with other economic sectors.
This is consistent with the finding that wages often are lower in economic sectors where women are predominant.
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