FIGURE 11.8 The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage of Men's Income Do Women Earn? $80 70 $61,783 60 50 $50,241 70% $40,367 $43,305 40 Men 66% $32,940 $28,979 30 66% $24,999 $26,547 71% $19,173 20 $20,591 Women 65% $12,934 $16,252 60% $9,184 10 60% $11,159 $5,434 $6,598 59% 58% $7,719 61 $5,440 $3.296 $3,816 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Year Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995:Table 739; 2002:Table 666, 2011:Table 702, and earlier years. Broken lines indicate the author's estimate. Review Figure 11.8 "The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage 4) of Men's Income Do Women Earn?" What is the likely outcome of the trend if the direction of the lines continues indefinitely? A) B) C) D) percentage. Women will overtake men in earnings within the next 25 years. Women will be equal to men in earnings in the next 25 years. Men will pull away and increase the pay gap considerably by 2050. Women will still make less than men at approximately the same Income in Thousands

FIGURE 11.8 The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage of Men's Income Do Women Earn? $80 70 $61,783 60 50 $50,241 70% $40,367 $43,305 40 Men 66% $32,940 $28,979 30 66% $24,999 $26,547 71% $19,173 20 $20,591 Women 65% $12,934 $16,252 60% $9,184 10 60% $11,159 $5,434 $6,598 59% 58% $7,719 61 $5,440 $3.296 $3,816 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Year Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995:Table 739; 2002:Table 666, 2011:Table 702, and earlier years. Broken lines indicate the author's estimate. Review Figure 11.8 "The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage 4) of Men's Income Do Women Earn?" What is the likely outcome of the trend if the direction of the lines continues indefinitely? A) B) C) D) percentage. Women will overtake men in earnings within the next 25 years. Women will be equal to men in earnings in the next 25 years. Men will pull away and increase the pay gap considerably by 2050. Women will still make less than men at approximately the same Income in Thousands