If I said "the gender pay gap is 15%", does that mean men are paid 15% more than women, or women are paid 15% less than men?

(assume wlog men are paid more than women)

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In reply to @christianp

Following on from this: should percentage differences always be given in terms of the bigger quantity, unless you explicitly use the words "more" or "less"?

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