ECB Gender and career progression conference Andy Haldane, Bank of England
Channel: European Central Bank
Date: 2019-10-22

Andy Haldane, Bank of England

Pay gaps in the UK have decreased between 1994 and 2019 for both ethnicity and gender, albeit at a decreasing rate since the financial crisis. Ethnic minority women earn less not only compared to ethnic men, but also all other females. This paper also explores how factors such as education, occupation, and sector of employment amongst others can account for differences in pay across gender and ethnicity and over time.