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HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)
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HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)

by Harvard Business Review
April 2023
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
1400 pages
20h 20m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men but Are Less Likely to Get Them

by Benjamin Artz, Amanda Goodall, and Andrew J. Oswald

It’s a concrete fact that women earn less than men do. The true gender pay gap is not known with certainty, but when comparing equally qualified people doing the same job, most labor economists’ estimates put it at 10%–20%. The crucial question remains its cause. One common explanation is that women are less likely to negotiate their salaries. We’ve seen this in both bestselling business memoirs like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In and in previous studies like the research-based book Women Don’t Ask.

Gaining access to a more recent, and more detailed, data set allowed us to investigate this question anew. What we found contradicts ...

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ISBN: 9781647825300