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Is this graph about female executives accurate?

Graphic about salary differences between men and women

Women in executive positions earn 18% less than the average male executive.

This is why:

  • 70% Allocative hiring: only 3.7% of all CEOs and 2.3% of all executive chairmen positions are female.
  • 22% Smaller companies: companies that women worked for are worth 10% less than the typical company.
  • 7% Age difference: men in executive positions were both about five years older and had five years more experience working than females.
  • 1% (Unknown)

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The claims seem to be

  • Women earn 18% less than men on average, both in executive positions.
  • Only 3.7% of CEOs are women.
  • Only 2.3% of executive chairs are women.
  • That companies for which female executives worked are worth 10% less than all companies. Bases unspecified (is a company with two female executives counted twice).
  • That the average male executive is about five years older than the average female executive.
  • And with five years more work experience.
  • That the statistics about the age difference, company size, and allocative hiring explain 99% of the pay difference. Method unspecified--possibly linear regression.
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  • What graph is it? – Nij Feb 27 '17 at 18:25
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    The graphic is about female executives but you were asking about female CEOs. I'm guessing that you thought that all executives were CEOs, so when I edited the question, I went that way. If you actually meant to ask just "Are only 3.7% of CEOs women?" please change the title and replace the section starting "The claims seem to be" with "Is it true that only 3.7% of CEOs are women?" Or similar. – Brythan Feb 27 '17 at 18:37
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    Where? Worldwide? – gerrit Feb 27 '17 at 19:39
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    Why do the women have some kind of extension sticking out of their head? – gerrit Feb 27 '17 at 19:40
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    Even if the stats are true, I fail to see how there being so few female executives relates to their pay. –  Feb 27 '17 at 19:41
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    @gerrit A hair bun, probably. –  Feb 27 '17 at 19:42
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    Executive compensation seems to be 100% subjective and crony-based in it's determination. It would be very difficult to try and apply any kind of objective standard and determine root cause, even if you believe, as I do, that there probably is some built in bias behind the overall discrepancy. Feeling and proving are world's apart. I guess that's why OP is merely asking about the accuracy of the graphic. – PoloHoleSet Feb 27 '17 at 19:50
  • @fredsbend English language Wikipedia gives the impression those are [mostly worn by men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bun_(hairstyle)) but I believe that is inaccurate (article is not the greatest, to say the least). – gerrit Feb 27 '17 at 20:11
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    @fredsbend I believe the claim is that women are rarer in the top two executive level jobs - chair and CEO, than as executives in general; although they don't give a percentage for the latter. – richardb Feb 27 '17 at 20:35
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    Poster is a mess. No indication how these things explain lower compensation - especially not 'Allocative hiring'. – DJClayworth Feb 27 '17 at 23:18
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    Where is the picture claiming it gets its figures from? – DJClayworth Feb 27 '17 at 23:19
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    This is too broad (and the title a mess). Can we pick *one* of these claims please, so it is answerable? – Oddthinking Feb 28 '17 at 14:25
  • @Oddthinking I think all of the claims are need to be addressed. I will split the question. How many questions should I split it into? – Sakib Arifin Feb 28 '17 at 16:51
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    Could track down the source of three claims, one is regarding "3.7% of the CEOs were female" present here-https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelliekarabell/2015/08/03/daughters-and-leadership-influencing-the-ceo/#3bf0bbd31631, "The hourly wages of female employees are currently about 18% lower than men’s on average" present here-https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/bns/bn186.pdf and "Percent of Global Companies with a Female Chair 2.3%" present here-http://www.calstrs.com/sites/main/files/file-attachments/gmiratings_wob_042013-1.pdf. – pericles316 Feb 28 '17 at 17:52
  • @MohammadSakibArifin pick one claim, the most important, and focus the question on that. Leave the other claims for later, let's tackle them specifically. Are they all equally notable? – Sklivvz Jun 28 '17 at 07:37
  • Also: is the infographic notable? Where does it come from? Am I correct in assuming the claims are about the United States? – Sklivvz Jun 28 '17 at 07:39
  • Note that these factors are not independent. Note the first piece of data--male executives are on average older. Older = higher salary and older = more likely to be in the top spot. Yet I see nothing about the effects of this. – Loren Pechtel Jun 29 '17 at 03:02

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