Gender-Pay-Gap: Sollen Künstler so viel verdienen wie Banker?
Bekanntlich verdienen Frauen im Schnitt weniger als Männer. Ungerecht rufen viele aus der Politik und fordern rechtliche Maßnahmen. Was dabei immer wieder untergeht: Es hat auch etwas mit der Berufswahl und der dazu passenden Qualifikation zu tun. (Ja, es gibt auch wirkliche Ungerechtigkeiten, die werden aber von der Politik nicht adressiert.) Der Telegraph berichtet von einer Studie:
- “Women earn less than men in their twenties because they are choosing the wrong subjects to study at university, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found. The gender pay gap emerges almost immediately after graduation, with male graduates earning on average five per cent more than female graduates at the age of 25, according to a new analysis.” – bto: wichtig – nicht im selben Fach, sondern gesamthaft.
- “‘Most of the initial gap can be explained by university subject choices, with women less likely to study subjects that lead to high-paying jobs,’ researchers at the IFS explained. ‘Women make up just a third of graduates in economics, the subject with the highest financial returns, and two thirds of graduates in creative arts, the subject with the lowest returns.’” – bto: Dabei bin ich der erste, der die hohen Einkommen für Volkswirte kritisiert. Letztlich ist es aber ein Mathestudium.
- “The gap between men and women’s earnings does increase sharply after women have their first child and women are more likely to choose a job closer to home or opt for a part-time role. But the IFS research shows that even before women have had their first child, they are already paid less than men with similar qualifications.” – bto: aber eben formal, nicht inhaltlich. Das ist der Punkt.
- “(…) at age 25 women earn on average five per cent less than men and by age 30 – before most graduates start having children – the gender pay gap increases to 25 per cent. (…) studies show that taking a degree in economics at university boosts women’s pay by 75 per cent by age 30. This is more than ten times the return to studying creative arts (7.2 per cent).” – bto: Und da sind wir beim Punkt. Ist das “ungerecht”?
- “Women make up nearly two-thirds of creative arts graduates and less than a third of economics graduates, meaning they are over-represented in the subjects with low financial returns. (…) more needs to be done to inform young people about the financial consequences of degree choices, and to overcome gender stereotypes, so that women are not locked out of high-paying careers by choices at a young age.” – bto: Übrigens, je freier eine Gesellschaft und je gleichberechtigter, desto höher die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass Frauen Fächer studieren, die einen geringeren Return bedeuten.
