matter much republicans fox news say otherwise unmistakable pay gap men women america legitimate reason childbirth/child rear lot illegitimate ones women hard working/they emotional/not smart another fundamental reason identify two researchers accord travis wiseman director international business program mississippi state university nabamita dutta university wisconsin researchers largely ignore cultural factor shape gender roles workplace two researchers note recent work paper little attention give one cultural factor particular religiosity.yes old friend religion contribute racism anti-lgbt bigotry bucket-loads misogyny help suppress economic opportunities women seem like would obvious apparently test variable wiseman dutta look two different measurements religiosity among residents different state belief god participation religious activity correlate gender wage-gap state even control age education marital status occupation time workforce factor find correlation rather significant specifically three percent increase state religiosity relate one percent increase gender wage-gap.so happen study draw conclusions beyond correlation hard guess.in view abrahamic religions judaism christianity islam women mean work outside home much less primary earner definitely apply conservative religion exclusively relegate right even leave lean employers realize condition degree view women caregiver family traditional religious attitudes might also affect employer behavior shape managers decisions hire lay family decision primary breadwinner zoom state government distribution resources like education health care parental leave also shape prevail cultural norms shape religious attitudes cultural norms key phrase break social model men natural breadwinners women natural diaper changers go nigh-impossible get people stop discriminate women even unconsciously workplace.featured image via getty study show profound negative impact religion gender pay gap