3.1/3.2 Assignment: The Wage Gap by Gender, Race, and Ability In this assignment, you'll take the skills you learned in the activity and apply them in a new way. American women earn 85 cents on the dollar compared to men but that gap is narrowing among younger workers. In 2018, among workers ages 25 to 34, women's earnings were 89% those of men, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly wages that includes full- and part-time workers. However, evidence suggests that as women enter the responsibilities of parenthood their earnings fall further behind same-aged male counterparts. Several other factors are believed to contribute to the persistence of the gender wage gap, among them the impact of broader family caregiving responsibilities, differences in the industries and occupations in which women and men work, workplace gender discrimination, and differences in workforce experience. The gender gap is just one of several gaps in earnings that characterize the American workforce. A separate Center analysis from 2016, for example, found that white men had higher median hourly earnings (\$21) than every other racial or ethnic and gender subgroup except one: Asian men, whose median hourly earnings were $24. The graph below shows the median hourly earnings of different groups as a percentage of the median hourly earnings of white men. White men out-earn black and Hispanic men and all groups of women Fockifistiondtrs. Focile blandtrs. PCW RESTARoh CENTr 1. Find a linear function for each of the following groups. Include the values that you used for L2. Round numeric values to the nearest hundredth in your regression equation. a. Black women b. Hispanic women c. Hispanic men Based on your models, answer each of the following questions. (Questions 2 and 4 will require you to find values. Questions 6 and 7 will require you to find points of intersection. We covered both of these skills in the activity for this section. Instructions are in the calculator help section of the course pack if you need them.) 2. What would we expect to be the percentage of median hourly earnings of a Black woman in 2020 (compared to a white man)? 3. Look online to find the wage gap for Black women in 2020, Is your estimate close? Explain briefly. 4. What would be the percentage of median hourly earnings of a Hispanic woman in 2020 ? 5. Look online to find the wage gap for Hispanic women in 2020. Is your estimate close? Explain briefly. 6. In what year would you predict a Hispanic male would make 80% of the median hourly earnings of a white male? 7. In what year would you predict that a Black woman would have the same earnings as a white male ( 100% of the median hourly earnings)? 8. Gender and race are not the only conditions for which wage gaps exist. Do some internet research to find the earnings gap that exists between people living with disabilities and those who do not have disabilities. What are your findings? 9. What have you learned through the activity and assignment for this section? What do you still want to know about? 10. What is one action you can take to address the wage gaps you learned about in this assignment
