Economics Schools Challenge – The gender pay gap

The theme of the game:

• The gender pay gap

Who is the game suitable for:

• GCSE or A-level students (or equivalent)

What is the task:

Produce a one-page poster that addresses the following:

• Do you think that the gender pay gap is a problem – and why?

• What do you think the government could require or encourage firms to do?

• Are there other policy changes that could help to reduce the gender pay gap?

Required materials:

• Handouts for students

• Materials needed for creating a poster

Additional information:

• Four-page brief containing background statistics on the gender pay gap, some arguments and evidence produced by economists on factors that might explain the gender pay gap

• Case studies of large firms containing information about the gender pay gaps at the firms and some of the measures that they have introduced