A study of Oxford graduates finds that men from an Oxford college earn an average of £45,500 six months after graduating, while for women the figure is £25,900 (Times Higher Education, 2012).

Another study found that within four years of graduation, nearly twice as many men had earnings over £30,000 as women (Hills et al., 2010). Why are women workers still going cheap? If you are male or female, would you ask prospective employers if they could demonstrate that their pay systems were fair to women?