The Journal took a look this morning at different ways of reckoning the gap in pay between women and men. There’s another debate among economists: Is that gap closing or has progress stalled?

The data from which President Barack Obama drew his remarks show that women earn 77 cents for every dollar men make. The U.S. Census Bureau finds that the median earnings of men working full-time, year-round, is $49,398. The median for women was $37,791.