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Questions - Podcast - Paper - Uber and Pay Gap

https://web.stanford.edu/~diamondr/UberPayGap.pdf

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-can-uber-teach-us-about-the-gender-pay-gap/

Using the links above answer the questions below.

Question 1: What does it mean for there to be a pay gap with respect to gender? Is a pay gap the same as gender discrimination? If you answer yes to the 2^nd question, can it every be the case it is not discrimination? If you answer no, can it be the case that there are times when indeed a gap does mean discrimination? Explain.

Question 2: Based on the podcast/paper, why was testing pay gap inside of Uber a perfect natural setting to explore the issues of gender pay gap and gender discrimination? Explain.   

Question 3: What were the findings of the paper? Was there a pay gap? If there was, was it due to some sort of discrimination? If not, what were the main components of the gap. Explain

Question 4: After reading about the modeling procedure, are there any critiques? Do you agree with the procedure, variables, etc.? Could it have been improved? Explain your reasoning whether you are supportive of the authors procedure or not.

Question 5: What, if any policy could be used as a result of the papers findings? Specifically, state if there should be any public policy that should be done based on the findings. If not, also, explain why.