But men's salary will rise more quickly. Men's, on the other hand, continues to increase into their 50s. One promising area for tapping into these forms of discrimination is examining differences in promotion and authority. We know that women are at the lower levels of bureaucratic hierarchies. They are more likely to be in dead end jobs and less likely to be promoted.
Men are more often the power positions of organizations.
And women, when they do get into positions with some authority, are less likely to exercise that authority and make decisions. Often when they do, they face negative sanctions from co-workers. Not many women reach the top of the corporate hierarchy. According to the article, the chairman did this because his wife suddenly died, leaving him to take care of two children. This story is an exception.