The Gender Pay Gap Myth: A Collection of Articles

 Dr. Walter Block, the Harold E Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics at Loyola University asked me to assemble a list of articles regarding President Obama's assertion, repeated most recently in his State of the Union Address that, for the same work, women earn 77 cents on the dollar compared with men. Here are the links I sent him:

First, a two-minute video summary by AEI Senior Scholar, Christina Hoff Sommers: http://youtu.be/vyFjPHwF6To 

Articles:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/the-biggest-myth-about-the-gender-wage-gap/276367/

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/opinion/05farrell.html

http://www.city-journal.org/2011/21_3_gender-gap.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/01/no-women-don-t-make-less-money-than-men.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-salary-gap-between-men-and-women-oh-please/

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Earn-More-Startling/dp/0814472109

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-gender-pay-gap-is-a-complete-myth/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/04/16/its-time-that-we-end-the-equal-pay-myth/

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2013/06/18/women_and_the_unequal_pay_myth_100407.html

 Women's wage gap? GM announces CEO Mary Barra's total compensation: $14.4 million - 55% over her predecessor. http://cnnmon.ie/bkgnews