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Gender pay gap grows as wages of women backslide

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The wages of women are backsliding. They're not keeping pace with what men earn on average, and at the same time, women are increasingly leaving the workforce.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Kathryn Anne Edwards, a labor economist and co-host of the Optimist Economy podcast.

This segment aired on October 3, 2025.

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