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			[[39%]] is a statistic frequently cited in discussions about the gender pay gap in Australia, particularly in relation to a 2019 report commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA) and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report, authored by KPMG, claims that [[39%]] of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is attributable to gender discrimination. This figure has been widely reported in media outlets, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian, and Business Insider Australia, despite ongoing debates about the methodology and interpretation of the data.
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	I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report claiming that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.
			The report was commissioned by the DCA, an independent not-for-profit organization focused on workplace diversity and inclusion, and the WGEA, a federal statutory agency tasked with promoting gender equality in Australian workplaces. The study aimed to quantify the factors contributing to the gender pay gap by analyzing data from Australian workplaces. It presented a breakdown of factors influencing the pay gap, assigning percentages to each and asserting that the sum of these factors accounted for 100% of the disparity. Notably, this approach contrasts with earlier studies, such as the 2009 CONSAD Report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor, which did not attempt to allocate specific percentages to individual factors.

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	KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version here.
			The KPMG report identified several factors contributing to the gender pay gap, including:
		⚫	- Gender discrimination
		⚫	- Years not working due to interruptions
		⚫	- Occupational segregation
		⚫	- Industrial segregation
		⚫	- Part-time employment
		⚫	- Unpaid care and work (measured by hours spent on housework)
			- Age
		⚫	- Tenure with the current employer
			- Employment in government or non-governmental organizations

			Under the section "Drivers of the Gender Pay Gap," the report explicitly states that gender discrimination accounts for [[39%]] of the total disparity. This figure represents an increase from 29% in the prior report, issued in 2014. The report defines gender discrimination as "the element of the gender pay gap that would remain if men and women had the same levels of the other factors," as noted on page 25 and reiterated on page 34.
	The DCA describes itself as the independent not-for-profit peak body leading diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The WGEA is a federal Australian government statutory agency that according to it own website is charged with promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The WGEA has featured in a previous article in which I showed that the WGEA clearly admits that the often-quoted national gender pay gap does not compare like-for-like roles.

			The report further acknowledges that the "unexplained component" of wage disparities—differences not accounted for by the controlled variables—has been interpreted as gender discrimination in existing literature. However, it also clarifies that this unexplained component may include other unmeasured variables, omitted factors, or measurement errors in the model.
	Under the section Drivers of the gender pay gap, the KPMG report describes a series of factors contributing to the so-called gender pay gap with their percentage contribution and shows that the total of all of the factors sums to 100%. This means that the report is claiming that gender wage differences in Australia can be entirely quantified with factors presented in the report. Notably the expansive CONSAD Report commissioned by the US Department of Labor in 2009 did not make such a claim.

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	The factors listed in the report are:
			Critics have raised concerns about the report's methodology and the implications of its findings. Notably, the report’s definition of gender discrimination has been questioned, as it equates the unexplained portion of the pay gap to discrimination without explicitly ruling out other potential causes. Additionally, the report’s conclusion that [[39%]] of the pay gap is due to discrimination has been presented as a definitive claim, despite a disclaimer stating that the findings reflect the authors’ opinions.

			Both the DCA and the WGEA have endorsed the report by publishing its key findings on their official websites, further amplifying its influence. This has led to calls for greater transparency in how such statistics are interpreted and communicated, particularly given the report’s significant impact on public discourse and policy discussions in Australia.
⚫	*Gender discrimination
⚫	*Years not working due to interruptions
⚫	*Occupational segregation
⚫	*Industrial segregation
⚫	*Part-time employment
⚫	*Unpaid care and work (~~proxied~~ by hours ~~per week~~ on housework)
	*Age (years)
⚫	*Tenure with current employer
	*Working in Government or NGO

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	This very section is where the report claims that gender discrimination accounts for 39% of the total. It also goes on to state that the proportion that is a result of gender discrimination has actually risen from 29% at the time of the last report in 2014.
		⚫	*[http://avoiceformen.com/featured/high-profile-report-demonstrates-that-its-own-results-are-wrong/ High profile report demonstrates that its own results are wrong]

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	What is really interesting is how the report defines gender discrimination. The report released by KPMG and commissioned by the DCA and the WGEA defines gender discrimination on p25:
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	<blockquote>Gender discrimination can be understood as the element of the gender pay gap that would remain if men and women had the same levels of the other factors.</blockquote>
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	The same statement with slightly different wording is repeated on p34.

	The other factors referred to here are the other factors listed in the report and stated above.

	The full report goes on to note on p26:

	<blockquote>Interpreting the unexplained component of wage decompositions as gender discrimination is an accepted approach in the literature. 65 The unexplained component also includes other variations between men and women that may not be controlled for in the model, any omitted variables and measurement error in the variables used in the model. 66</blockquote>

	Thus, the report released by KPMG and commissioned by the DCA and the WGEA states clearly that the unexplained differences in men’s and women’s wages are simply assigned to the category of gender discrimination, producing the claim that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of discrimination. A statement that was then widely reported in the media as if it was fact.

	Despite a disclaimer that states that the report is solely the opinion of the authors, both the DCA and the WGEA have openly endorsed this report by publishing key findings from the report on their websites.

⚫	== External Links ==

⚫	*[http://avoiceformen.com/featured/high-profile-report-demonstrates-that-its-own-results-are-wrong/ High profile report demonstrates that its own results are wrong]

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Robert Brockway at 03:18, 14 September 2025

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	I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report claiming that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.		I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report claiming that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.

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Robert Brockway at 16:07, 2 December 2022

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Robert Brockway at 16:06, 2 December 2022

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Robert Brockway at 05:32, 23 April 2022

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Robert Brockway at 05:32, 23 April 2022

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Robert Brockway at 15:58, 5 August 2020

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	I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report claiming that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.		I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report claiming that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.

	KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.		KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version here.

	The DCA describes itself as the independent not-for-profit peak body leading diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The WGEA is a federal Australian government statutory agency that according to it own website is charged with promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The WGEA has featured in a previous article in which I showed that the WGEA clearly admits that the often-quoted national gender pay gap does not compare like-for-like roles.		The DCA describes itself as the independent not-for-profit peak body leading diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The WGEA is a federal Australian government statutory agency that according to it own website is charged with promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The WGEA has featured in a previous article in which I showed that the WGEA clearly admits that the often-quoted national gender pay gap does not compare like-for-like roles.

Robert Brockway at 15:57, 5 August 2020

2020-08-05T15:57:21Z

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	I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.		I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report claiming that 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.

	KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.		KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.

Robert Brockway at 15:56, 5 August 2020

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	I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.		I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim that has been put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.

	KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.		KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.

Robert Brockway at 15:54, 5 August 2020

2020-08-05T15:54:43Z

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	I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world~~, but especially history,~~ from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.		I'm Robert Brockway, and this is Red Pill Reveal, in which I talk about the world from a red pill perspective. Today I'll be talking about a false claim put forward by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a department of the federal government in Australia. In August 2019 KPMG released a report 39% of the so-called gender pay gap in Australia is a result of gender discrimination. This was widely repeated in the media, including by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Guardian and Business Insider Australia.

	KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.		KPMG's report was commissioned by the Diversity Council Australia Ltd (DCA), and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). The report was released in full and summary versions. I'll be referencing the full version.