Even between companies in a single industry, gaps in productivity in the last few years were surprisingly wide.
The objective of the program is to create a young generation of entrepreneurs, to bridge the academia-industry gap, to promote collaboration between the various universities and institutes within Pakistan, and to promote the entrepreneurial and innovative mindset.
A supplier to U.S. fashion industry leaders Gap and Liz Claiborne was among three companies that rose on their first day of stock trading in China on Friday.
One of the biggest implications, outlined in The Industry Gender Gap report, is just how harmful this revolution may be to the progress of women because they are underrepresented in tech.
Even with prolific female directors like Ava DuVernay, Sofia Coppola, and Wonder Woman's Patty Jenkins stepping behind the camera to make challenging, critically acclaimed films, Hollywood still has a long way to go when it comes to closing its industry gender gap.
As the report makes clear, "If current industry gender gap trends persist and labour market transformation towards new and emerging roles in computer, technology and engineering-related fields continues to outpace the rate at which women are currently entering those types of jobs, women are at risk of losing out on tomorrow's best job opportunities".
In industry, this gap is as much as 30%.
"The industry-academia gap may be smaller in the life sciences than in the physical sciences," Sauermann and Stephan observe.
Therefore, reducing the imbalance in regional development and limiting inter-industry income gaps are both critical to our ability to narrow the large income gaps in contemporary China.
This practice may further widen inter-industry income gaps through the so-called Matthew effect.
