Women in the US may make $0.78 for every dollar earned by a man, but studies show that in some ways women are actually better at investing, saving, and preparing for the future.
"When looking closer at our data and cross-referencing it with other data sources, we see that women working full-time in the United States earn approximately 23% less income than men but that women are taking steps to manage their finances better than men," said Michele Raneri, vice president of analytics at Experian, in a statement that accompanied the credit bureau's 2013 study of gender differences.
Here are five ways women are better than men with money: