Male Uber drivers earn 7% more than female drivers, and economists think there are 3 reasons why
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- A new paper finds male Uber drivers earn 7% more than female Uber drivers.
- There are three key reasons why: men are less likely to quit the platform, they drive in more lucrative areas, and they drive faster.
- In the US, women earned 82% of what men earned in 2016.
When John List, the chairman of the economics department at the University of Chicago, started studying the differences between what male and female Uber drivers earn, he didn't expect to find much of a gap. If anything, he expected the pay gap would slightly favor women.
But in a new paper, List, along with four other economists, explains why he was wrong.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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