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episode 317: 317. What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap?


The gig economy offers the ultimate flexibility to set your own hours. That's why economists thought it would help eliminate the gender pay gap. A new study, using data from over a million Uber drivers, finds the story isn't so simple.


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 February 6, 2018  42m