LETTERS*

Equal ability: equal pay The chorus of “foul play” whenever statistics showing fewer women in top jobs and with top salaries than men is well overdue for a reality check. Given that only about 30 per cent of women as against 100 per cent of men spend their whole adult lives in the workforce, and if relevant ability is similarly distributed in both sexes, a third the number of women as there are men in these upper echelons would be a just outcome. The knee-jerk response that women&r…

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