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The Earnings Gap Between Male and Female Workers : An Historical Perspective
Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1986
Has economic progress increased the relative earnings of females to males over the long run? Evidence on trends in the earnings gap for the last four decades appears to run counter to this hypothesis. Numerous data sources are used in this paper to piece together a 170-year history of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477187
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Putting the Co in Education : Timing, Reasons, and Consequences of College Coeducation from 1835 to the Present
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2010
The history of coeducation in U.S. higher education is explored through an analysis of a database containing information on all institutions offering four-year undergraduate degrees that operated in 1897, 1924, 1934, or 1980, most of which still exist today. These data reveal surprises about the...
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How Japan and the US Can Reduce the Stress of Aging
Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2016
In this short note I simulate the DR under various conditions and make comparisons with the US. Japan has experienced a …. Fertility is the largest of the contributors in Japan. If there are no demographic changes in Japan, the DR will be 0.88 by 2050 …The Japanese are becoming older. Americans are also becoming older. Demographic stress in Japan, measured by the …
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