Addressing the shortage of women in STEM-related fields such as computer science is not enough to close the gender gap in both representation and pay: Treating women more like men, especially on pay day, is more important ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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Two pieces of landmark federal legislation intended to lessen the gender pay gap have long been deemed by many scholars to have been ineffectual. Despite the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act, signed into law 60 years ago ...
Economics & Business
Jun 15, 2023
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Mary L. Rigdon, director of the University of Arizona Center for the Philosophy of Freedom and an associate professor in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science, has spent years studying gender competitiveness ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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Women in the UK earn, on average, 14.9 pence less per pound than men, based on the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This means that while men are getting paid from January 1, women have effectively ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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New research published in Economic Inquiry indicates that if the wage gap between Black and white Americans decreased sufficiently, there would be a noticeable increase in overall income. If the wages converged completely, ...
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2022
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A new report has revealed some of the barriers prospective students face in studying life sciences at postdoctoral level.
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2022
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A research team led by an Arizona State University professor has discovered that naming and shaming a company alone won't close the gender pay gap.
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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New research has found there are significant differences in the earnings between white and ethnic minority workers who are colleagues in the same workplace.
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2022
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A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that people who are the gender minority in their workplace are more likely to experience sexual harassment. This harassment ...
Economics & Business
May 12, 2022
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Most Americans say they want a more equal society, yet policies aimed at increasing equality for disadvantaged groups in higher education, corporations, government, and elsewhere continue to generate backlash.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2022
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