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Gender Equity Insights 2022: The state of inequality in Australia

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  • Alan S Duncan

    (Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin University)

  • Astghik Mavisakalyan

    (Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin University)

  • Silvia Salazar

    (Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University)

Abstract
The seventh edition of the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series looks at Australia’s gender pay gap and finds that it could narrow by a third if a more balanced gender concentration was achieved across all industries and occupations. Drawing on new Workplace Gender Equality Agency data, voluntarily reported for the first time in 2020-21, the report finds Australia’s gender pay gap would fall from an estimated 23.3 per cent to 15.6 per cent if a 40:40:20 gender concentration – 40 per cent women, 40 per cent men and 20 per cent any gender – was achieved across all industries and occupations. The BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights 2022 report uses the new WGEA location data to compare pay metrics, gender pay gaps and organisational practices across Australia’s states and territories as well as regional areas. The analysis reveals the extent to which the overall gender pay gap is driven by higher concentrations of men in high salary industries and jobs, and higher shares of women working in lower salary sectors. The report found that for Western Australia – the state with the nation’s highest gender pay gap – the gap in total remuneration would halve from 32.1 per cent to 16.5 per cent if a 40:40:20 gender balance was achieved across all industries. In the Northern Territory, the gender pay gap would reduce by two thirds, while New South Wales and Victoria would see gender pay gaps fall by 7.4 and 6.5 percentage points respectively. Queensland recorded a larger margin of 8.8 percentage points.

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  • Alan S Duncan & Astghik Mavisakalyan & Silvia Salazar, 2022. "Gender Equity Insights 2022: The state of inequality in Australia," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series GE07, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School.
    • Handle: RePEc:ozl:bcecrs:ge07
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    Keywords

    gender equity; gender equality; gender segregation; industry segregation; women and leadership; age discrimination; gender pay gap; gender policies.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior

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