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Even on eBay, Women Earn Less Than Men
A woman makes 80 cents to a man’s dollar when selling new, identical products, a new study finds.
In the U.S., women pay more than men in a staggering array of transactions: at the mechanic, the drugstore, the dry cleaners, the hair salon, clothing stores—even when shopping for health insurance.
Now, a new study published in Science Advances shows the gender gap in the product market also works in reverse: When selling identical, brand-new products on eBay, women make about 80 cents for every dollar that men earn.