Minnesota is a national leader for women’s participation in the workplace. And yet, we also have a wider gender wage gap than most other states. That means that women in Minnesota are consistently paid less than men. And over the past decade, we’ve made little progress in closing the wage gap. 

That has huge financial implications for women. The average Minnesota woman loses close to $448,000 during her lifetime due to the wage gap alone.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the latest research about the wage gap in Minnesota, and what we can do to begin to close that gap. 

Guests:

• Christina Ewig is the faculty director of the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota and a public affairs professor.




• Youngmin Chu is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs focusing on gender discrimination, economic inequality and labor market policy.




• Cynthia Bauerly is the vice president of strategic initiatives at the Women's Foundation of Minnesota.