Comment by dstrohmaier

This denialism is not compatible with the facts. While part of the gender pay gap can be explained by the factors you describe, not all of it can. This unexplained part is often assumed to be (largely) due to discrimination. This unexplained part has also been shrinking over time, indicating that discrimination has decreased. (See https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13524-014-0320-... )

Here are journal articles on the topics, showing that economic researchers are covering the topic:

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/209845

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0077995020954435...

https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMP.2007.24286161

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/073088848601300...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/001979390606000...

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/344125

You can find more publications here: https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=di...

For a start, the Wikipedia article unifies many sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap_in_the_United_S...