The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
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Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#2This is interesting. What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap? With the reasons in the paper, should this gap be corrected (eg, force maximum speed, pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific, etc etc).
Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#3This is interesting. What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap? With the reasons in the paper, should this gap be corrected (eg, force maximum speed, pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific, etc etc).
> pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific
... that's wage discrimination and is illegal.
Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#4This is interesting. What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap? With the reasons in the paper, should this gap be corrected (eg, force maximum speed, pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific, etc etc).
> What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap?
Does the pay gap exist after adjusting for insurance costs and expected long-term driver-born per mile cost not covered by insurance, which Uber drivers bear? Since the cause of the higher pay seems directly linked to the reason for the gender-based difference in insurance rates, this might be something to consider.
Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#5This is interesting. What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap? With the reasons in the paper, should this gap be corrected (eg, force maximum speed, pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific, etc etc).
Should interventions be made to reduce the gap?
Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#6This is interesting. What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap? With the reasons in the paper, should this gap be corrected (eg, force maximum speed, pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific, etc etc).
Since the pay gap is fair (in the sense that it's driven by personal preferences and experience), there are only two reasons to reduce it: 1) if you think it's going to cost you women drivers and 2) if you think that men are driving dangerously fast. Point 2 is something that Uber actually has enough data to assess and address, but the better motivation would be safety. Reducing the pay gap would be an ancillary benefit. As for point 1, I think the only option is education. Point out that pay increases with experience, and by how much. Maybe draw drivers' attention to more lucrative areas? Though I think that's contingent on experience as well. Beyond that, any attempt to address the pay gap seems unfair and, as fatjokes points out, possibly illegal.
Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#7"Furthermore, while Uber now allows riders to tip their drivers in-app, this did not become available until June 2017, which is outside the scope of our data. We do not believe that cash tips – which were possible before
in-app tipping – had a material impact on driver earnings."
The study did not have any actual tip data for drivers. Tipping was always an option in Uber before June 2017, it just became mandatory for the app to ask a user after each ride. I really think the study is missing some crucial data surrounding tips.
Re: The Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers [pdf]
#8This is interesting. What interventions can be made to reduce this pay gap? With the reasons in the paper, should this gap be corrected (eg, force maximum speed, pay higher for slow drivers but only gender specific, etc etc).
Should interventions be made to reduce the gap?
what exactly are you implying? is it that it'll correct itself naturally (free market forces) or that it doesn't need to be corrected?
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#10"We find that the entire gender gap is caused by three factors: experience on the platform (learning-by-doing),
preferences over where/when to work, and preferences for driving speed."
So men make more because they are more likely to take initiative, be more flexible, and drive faster?
What exactly is the problem?