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YAVORSKY: “So the broader research suggests that we’ve had — seen the least amount of gains at the top. So we’ve had the most difficulty changing gender norms potentially around top income couples. That they’re potentially even more traditional in terms of their arrangements. But there are multiple things that I would point to we can do to help eliminate some of these gender disparities. So first, we need to pass major federal legislation that would actually jump-start gender progress, whether that be gender quotas that would increase the representation of leadership for women, getting basic paid paternity and maternity leave. Also, increasing the access to financial capital and bank loans that women entrepreneurs have would also enable women entrepreneurs to further grow their businesses similar to how men have access to this financial capital. We also need to change bias and hostile cultures in high paying male-dominated jobs such as in the finance industry.”