A recent article from ‘Down Under’ talked about the gap in lifetime earnings between men and women. Despite the fact that female workers in their 20’s and 30’s are paid as much as their male counterparts, the article points out that men will earn more than women during their working lives.

A 25-year-old man’s potential earnings over the next 40 years is $2.4 million, compared to $1.4 million for a woman of the same age.

While the reasons for this are not really surprising (more…)