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How the gender pay gap evolves into a gender pension gap

By Rajiv Prabhakar, Senior Lecturer in Personal Finance, The Open University

European Equal Pay Day is the date when women – symbolically at least – start working for free because of the gender pay gap. This gap, of about a month and half of salary per year between men and women, means that from November 15 2024 women will effectively stop earning while their male counterparts continue to get paid.

This gender pay gap is…

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