The earnings gap between mothers and fathers with some education past the age of 18 is wider than in the late 1970s

%, female/male proportion in hourly earnings

Post-school educated women’s hourly earnings as

a percentage of men’s hourly earnings

No post-18 education

0.75%

0.70

0.65

0.60

0.55

1980

1990

2000

2010

2019

%, female/male proportion in hourly earnings

Post-school educated women’s hourly earnings as a percentage of men’s hourly earnings

No post-18 education

0.75%

0.70

0.65

0.60

0.55

1980

1990

2000

2010

2019