"The Gender Pay Gap: Have Women Gone as Far as They

"The Gender Pay Gap: Have Women Gone As Far As They Can?" by Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn
The authors examine trends in the rate and causes of the gender wage gap. Progress in closing the gap waxed and waned across time, with the gap narrowing in the 1980s, increasing in the 1990s, and, again, narrowing in the early 2000s. The causes of the gap appear to be fairly consistent with a combination of human capital and basic socio-demographic factors both playing a role, though their respective roles differ across time.
-The gender gap in wages, while always present, was reduced during the 1980s, but expanded during the 1990s, and showed signs of reduction in the early 2000s.