If women really do get paid less than men for same hours and productivity, why aren’t economists not hiring just women to halve their overheads?

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout do you mean same pay range?
How do you account for difference in performance or outcomes?

@easterniowegin
Same pay…
Man/woman.. if they drive coal trucks. They both get the same pay rate..
only reason someone would earn more is because they worked over time more than the other

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout
So you cannot reward higher performers? Or pay someone with more experience more?

I’ll put it this way…
If you could pay women less, why don’t businesses employ only women and save tonne$?

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout agreed.
As a whole, I don't believe the gap exists, systematically. I do believe that performance should impact salaries though.