Why is the gender pay gap in the arts so large? Widespread discrimination is the most likely cause
- Written by David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
Female artists across all areas of the arts experience gender-related disadvantage in pursuing their creative careers, which reflects discriminatory problems affecting women in society more generally.
This is our conclusion after delving more deeply into our 2014-15 data on the incomes of practising professional artists in Australia....