Gender and the Economy | The Agenda

It may be 2017, but it’s still the case that Canadian women earn less than men, between 74 to 88 cents on the dollar, compared to men according to Statistics Canada. Canada’s ranking by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index came in this year as just 35th out of 144 countries. Our guest, Sarah Kaplan (  / sarah_kaplan  , will explain how gender affects economic outcomes.

This episode of The Agenda https://www.tvo.org/theagenda was hosted by Steve Paikin   / spaikin   and was produced by Mark Brosens   / markbrosens  

00:00 Intro
00:35 What is the Institute for Gender and the Economy?
03:14 Masculinity is also an issue
04:44 Why is this still an issue?
06:18 Will time solve this issue?
08:16 Explanations for the gender pay gap
09:45 Differences of men and women taking risks
11:17 Women in MBA programs
12:32 Women face additional pressure to solve this issue
14:19 The role of unions
15:30Possible solutions