Devaluing and revaluing women’s work
Women’s average pay is less than men’s. One reason for this is that the average pay in jobs dominated by women is less than that in jobs dominated by men. (The other reason is that, within a given job,...
View ArticleBehind the gendered workplace
In a law review call and response, a law professor and a sociologist take on the issue of how to address gender discrimination legally. Duke Law professor Katharine Bartlett argues in the Virginia Law...
View ArticleEmployment unequal
Employment is flat to down, with increasing inequality. Continue reading →
View ArticleGender discrimination bills ranked
Without Harkin, who will symbolically reintroduce the Fair Pay Act? Continue reading →
View ArticleA Simple, Legal Way to Help Stop Employment Discrimination
As a customer, client, business partner or job applicant at a firm, wouldn't you like to know if they have an underrepresentation problem? Continue reading →
View ArticleGender equality: Family egalitarianism follows workplace opportunity
Unsticking progress toward gender equality in the labor market – extending the legacy of the Equal Pay Act – will help move families forward toward more. Continue reading →
View ArticleChoose that job?
Maybe if all those nurses' aides hadn't majored in art history they'd be engineers by now. Continue reading →
View ArticleGender devaluation, in one comparison
Apples to apples, light truck drivers earn 13% more than nursing assistants. Can you see why? Continue reading →
View ArticlePregnancy discrimination and the gender gap, involuntary job choice edition
The very thing that makes someone like Angelica Valencia earn less -- being fired for getting pregnant -- disappears from the wage gap analysis if you control for occupation, hours, and job tenure....
View ArticleTransgender discrimination is sex discrimination
It's a problem of sex discrimination: because of her sex, a trans woman can't use the facility that she is most comfortable with. Continue reading →
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