Andrew Challenger explores the gender pay gap

CHICAGO (FOX 32 NEWS) - College graduates all over the country have been tossing graduation caps and walking across the commencement stage, getting ready to walk into the real world.

However, post-college life isn't as easy for female graduates.  Right out of school, they're already earning only 79 cents, to every dollar paid to men.

Andrew Challenger of  Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based employment agency, joins Good Day Chicago to talk about why the gender pay gap exists and what the government is doing to combat it.