According to a conservative think tank, gender discrimination might not be the answer to the pay gap, and the company presents research that claims that graduate education is a significant marker of whether or not a person's “work” will be more valuable in the marketplace (Biggs). How do you suppose that fits into the idea of HR recruiting practices and compensation policies? If the labor pool is significantly male over female, wouldn't it make sense for men to make more on average as opposed to women, just based on the their statistical presence in the labor pool?