Question

You have been provided data on the comparative earnings (Weekly Wages) of women compared to men from 1979 through 2014 The purpose of the assignment is to compare the earnings of women to men over the time period given and to compare the earnings of persons based on education. For purposes of this assignment: 1. Calculate how many cents per dollar a woman with a Baccalaureate degree earns compared to: a. A man with a high school diploma for each of the years b. A man with some college education or Associate Degree c. Aman with a Baccalaureate degree d. For (a, b and c) above, plot a chart of your results. Cut and paste your chart into MS-Word and describe your observations? What changes did you observe over the years of your calculations? Give your chart a proper title and your variables should also be properly labelled.

Answer 1

1.

2 2 716 3916 368 66 68 71 69 70 70 71 0. 7 2 3 75 75 76 76 75 74 75 75-7 1000000000 7 93797 535 365 14 2 8 0 3 6413 823 2 2 7 e37 0 161 10 1 1000000 5 25565 3 1 9 125 3 9 8121 7888 8 7 123 8

8 1 0.735576923 1 0.74982382 3 2 0.743281471 1.347435897 2 1.355696203 0.741689751 1 1.386543536 1.361477573 4 4 0.747531735 1.424731183 1.396804261
The answers to question 1 - a), b) and c) are given together here.

d)

Comparative study on women's salary structure w.r.t to that of men with correspondance to different level of education 1.6 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 -Compared to Men, bachelor deg Compared to Men, college -Compared to Men, high school

For high school men, the cents per dollar is increasing the most.