Despite increasing female employment and diminishing differences between men and women in career expectations, the gender pay gap is persistent. An analysis in the Journal of Economic Surveys that included 39 relevant studies ...
Economics & Business
Apr 20, 2022
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The United States has had a federal equal pay law on the books for close to 60 years—and yet some projections estimate it'll be another 30 years before women and men finally earn the same. On Boston's Equal Pay Day on April ...
Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2022
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As researchers investigate reasons for America's persistent gender wage gap, one possible explanation that has emerged in roughly the last decade is that women may be less competitive than men, and are therefore passed over ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2021
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Nearly 350,000 Canadian women who lost their jobs during the pandemic hadn't returned to work as of February 2021, resulting in a drop in women's unemployment not seen in the last two decades, according to a new Simon Fraser ...
Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2021
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Gender wage gaps are a well-documented issue, and expectations related to this phenomenon seem to be present even among university students discussing future employment, according to a study published June 2, 2021 in the ...
Economics & Business
Jun 2, 2021
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In a new study published in the Academy of Management Journal by Traci Sitzmann, an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, and Elizabeth Campbell, an Assistant Professor at the University ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2020
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School closures, massive rates of job loss and furloughing, and a shift to working from home are all affecting how parents spend their time, and how mothers and fathers divide responsibilities for paid work, housework and ...
Social Sciences
May 28, 2020
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The U.S. economy may be expanding, but it's taking the low road to growth that undermines wellbeing and may cause economic challenges in the future, according a new study published online in the Cambridge Journal of Economics ...
Economics & Business
Dec 17, 2019
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A wealth gap between black and white Americans can be traced almost exclusively to an income gap and less to other factors, as had been hypothesized, according to recent research by a University of Virginia economist.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2019
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A Florida State University researcher has found gender inequality in U.S. states is bad for everybody's health.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2019
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