The proportion of wages increase between men and women As more women joined the workforce and became trained on computers, their wages increased relative to men's, the study showed. After taking into account education and other factors, Weinberg found that women's wages increased by 5.7 percent between 1975 and 1984 and by 8.7 percent between 1984 and: 1993. Much of this increase in wages relative to men-probably resulted from the fact that women workers were learning new computer skills, he saidThe proportion of wages increase between men and women As more women joined the workforce and became trained on computers, their wages increased relative to men’s, the study showed. After taking into account education and other factors, Weinberg found that women’s wages increased by 5.7 percent between 1975 and 1984 and by 8.7 percent between 1984 and 1993. Much of this increase in wages relative to men probably resulted from the fact that women workers were learning new computer skills, he said