Why male Uber drivers earn more than women • Hacker News Board

Re: Why male Uber drivers earn more than women

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Post by bdcravens » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 3:54 AM UTC

louprado wrote: post #6

It's unfortunate this study didn't compare differences in tips. Do passengers subconsciously assume men are the primary wage earners in a household and inadvertently give higher tips to men. Is that subconscious bias is higher in male vs female passengers ?

Perhaps female drivers are more cautious, especially with male riders, and this is perceived as less friendly?

Re: Why male Uber drivers earn more than women

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Post by tardis934 » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 4:16 PM UTC

The 7% pay gap comes down to speed, experience and preferences on when to drive, according to the study. I wonder if women are less likely to become Uber drivers and less likely to continue driving because they don't feel safe? There are plenty of experiences shared by Uber and Lyft female drivers of being sexually harassed and propositioned: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/04/09/female-ube... I think it's the sort of discrimination that could lead to having less experience + a preference to drive during the day rather than at night and could be measured by a correlation between driver complaints and attrition rate by gender.

Re: Why male Uber drivers earn more than women

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Post by malandrew » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 8:20 PM UTC

lobf wrote: post #7

tuna-piano wrote: post #2

Gravity is a law of nature, it pulls at 9.8 meters per second squared. Equality of people is not a rule of nature. In fact, some individuals are born with Down Syndrome and some are born Einstein. Some are born tall and some are born short. Equality in the average income of different ways of grouping people (gender, race, religion, country, state, height, etc) are also not rules of nature. Just because the outcome is…

Do you think women are generally discriminated against in society?

What people think is irrelevant. Let's focus on facts, not unsubstantiated opinions.

Re: Why male Uber drivers earn more than women

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Post by lobf » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

malandrew wrote: post #13

lobf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think women are generally discriminated against in society?

What people think is irrelevant. Let's focus on facts, not unsubstantiated opinions.

...do you think it's factual that women are discriminated against in today's society?

Re: Why male Uber drivers earn more than women

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Post by lobf » Fri, Feb 09, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

malandrew wrote: post #13

lobf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think women are generally discriminated against in society?

What people think is irrelevant. Let's focus on facts, not unsubstantiated opinions.

good talk

Re: Why male Uber drivers earn more than women

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Post by lobf » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 10:01 PM UTC

malandrew wrote: post #13

lobf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think women are generally discriminated against in society?

What people think is irrelevant. Let's focus on facts, not unsubstantiated opinions.

I'm really bummed you dodged this question. I think HN lacks discussions like this.