The first widening of the gender wage in 20 years is the latest indication that many women have paid a price for leaving the workforce at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, either because they lost their jobs or because they quit because of caretaking responsibilities.
The root causes of the gap are social, biological and unfortunately, unlikely to quickly change. These articles will continue to be printed though as rage bait is good for PPC.
This has been definitely addressed and answered. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/bonus-nobel-laureate-claudia-goldin-on-greedy-work-and-the-wage-gap/
The root causes of the gap are social, biological and unfortunately, unlikely to quickly change. These articles will continue to be printed though as rage bait is good for PPC.