Washington Post Gets Study Wrong, Uber Drivers Do Not Get $21 an Hour

A Washington Post article on Uber's IPO told readers that Uber drivers earned $21 an hour and linked to a study that came out of Stanford as the source. The study actually reports that $21 is the gross pay before deducting driving expenses such as gas and depreciation. This is very clear in the study.

It notes (page 42) the difference where it suggests a net measure might be more appropriate for the issue it is assessing (gender differences in earnings):

"Suppose drivers average 25 cents per...