DB-TA: You raise an interesting point. A good friend who works as an accountant for a company that operates several apartment buildings in the GTHA and is responsible for approving rental applications has noted that over the past couple decades he's seen a dramatic rise in the percentage of young females who in terms of income are the principal breadwinners among (mainly young) couples and families seeking apartments. Whereas females were seldom the main breadwinners a couple decades ago when my friend first started working in the rental housing business, he estimates that they now have better jobs and higher incomes (and presumably better educations) than their male co-applicants about 80 percent of the time. This suggests that the broader statistical income gap faced by females is more a legacy issue generated by past labour market circumstances than a reflection of the current market realities facing young people.