The average pay gap between men and women has barely changed. The report, 'Empirical Evidence of the Gender Pay Gap in New Zealand', says the gender pay gap, based on 2015 income statistics, was 12.7%, compared with 12.8% in the 2003 study, which was based on data from the late 1990s. Yet there was "clear evidence of a glass ceiling effect in New Zealand, with the gender pay gap increasing as we move up the wage distribution." "The pay gap that is unexplained becomes larger and more significant as we move up the wage distribution," the report says. "For instance, at the 90th percentile, almost 100% of the pay gap is unexplained."

Source: Otago Daily Times March 07, 2017 04:13 UTC