Professor of Economics Roberto Pedace examines Hollywood鈥檚 gender pay gap in for The Conversation, arguing that discrimination plays a role in Hollywood salaries. Pedace鈥檚 research analyzes earnings in the film industry and examines the disparity between male and female film actors鈥� salaries. After controlling for different variables, such as movies鈥� budgets, genres, and box office revenue, as well as the number of Academy Awards an actor has earned, Pedace found that about $3.8 million, or approximately 71%, of the salary difference is unexplained by those variables. Pedace says: 鈥淸鈥 in the end, the evidence is clear to us: Discrimination plays a big role in Hollywood.鈥�