The Human Capital Perspective Regarding the Gender Wage Gap Says

The human capital perspective regarding the gender wage gap says that __________.

A) Women choose to invest more in unpaid household labor and childcare and less in their paid professions amounting to an unproblematic difference in average wages across genders.
B) Women face bias and discrimination in hiring, promotion, and pay.
C) A number of factors, including gender socialization, bias and discrimination, and gendered decision-making regarding family responsibilities amongst heterosexual couples lead to differences in lifetime earnings for women and men.
D) All of the above. The human capital perspective takes all of the above factors into account.