In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for many years … progress made by women in the labor market, and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. It also covers … in the labor market by men and women as well as labor market discrimination and employment segregation. It also …

This paper examines the trends in the well-being of American women over the last 25 years, a time of significant … changes in the relative economic status of women and in the labor market as a whole. A broad range of indicators are … considered to capture changes in women's well-being in the family as well as in the labor market. For virtually all age and …

Using data from the 1970 and 1980 Censuses, we examined the fertility of immigrant women from the Middle East, Asia …, Latin America and the Caribbean where fertility rates averaged in excess of 5.5 children per women during the period of … source countries were found to have very similar unadjusted fertility to native-born women. The small immigrant …

Women continue to be underrepresented in academic ranks in the economics profession. The Committee on the Status of … Women in the Economics Profession of the American Economics Association established the CeMENT mentoring workshop to support … women in research careers. The program was designed as a randomized controlled trial. This study evaluates differences …

This paper examines the trends in the well-being of American women over the last 25 years, a time of significant … changes in the relative economic status of women and in the labor market as a whole. A broad range of indicators are … considered to capture changes in women's well-being in the family as well as in the labor market. For virtually all age and …