[Reeses]

The gender gap shrinks to only 3½ % when adjustments are made for work experience, career breaks and part-time work.

The final 3.5% might be accounted for by the biological fact that on average male brains are about 10% larger than female brains. There is wide deviation at the individual level though so this generalization is only useful at the summary level, such as explaining the 3.5% pay delta.

[The Antiyuppie]

“The final 3.5% might be accounted for by the biological fact that on average male brains are about 10% larger than female brains. There is wide deviation at the individual level though so this generalization is only useful at the summary level, such as explaining the 3.5% pay delta.”

This extra 10% is specifically for cognitive processing involving the means to acquire more/better sex and beer.