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50 years of breakthroughs and barriers : women in economics, policy, and leadership
Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024
-based discrimination in federally funded educational programs. The data paint a picture of considerable progress but also persistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062106
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Socio-economic implications of female inclusion in organizational structures and in leadership positions
Krawiec, Alexandra E. - In: International journal of management and economics 49 (2016) 1, pp. 106-134
discrimination. Lowering barriers related to gender inequality and introducing constructive changes takes a surprisingly long time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025756
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The Transmission of Women's Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Liu, Albert Yung-Hsu - 2021
Using 1995-2006 Current Population Survey and 1970-2000 Census data, we study the intergenerational transmission of fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women's fertility and labor supply are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324938
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants : 1980-2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Papps, Kerry L. - 2021
We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324945
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On gender inequality and life satisfaction: Does discrimination matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2007
This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277784
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On gender inequality and life satisfaction: Does discrimination matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2007
This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281375
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Measuring women's economic empowerment : time use data and gender inequality
Ferrant, Gaëlle; Thim, Annelise - 2019
Empowerment, co-ordinated jointly by the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate, the Development Centre and Statistics Directorate. The initiative aims to identify policy and programme solutions to promote women’s economic empowerment by recognising, reducing and redistributing women’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060837
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Women's Investment in Career and Household Division of Labor
Sofer, Catherine - 2017
The effects of women's strong investments in career on the intra-household division of labor, particularly the share of partners in domestic work, constitute important but unaddressed issues. We use the 2010 French Time Use survey, focusing on two-income couples. We first build indicators of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966520
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Women in STEM : A Gender Gap to Innovation
Beede, David N. - 2014
Our science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce is crucial to America's innovative capacity and global competitiveness. Yet women are vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs and among STEM degree holders despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce and half of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067091
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The effects of professor gender on the post-graduation outcomes of female students
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Rintala, Bryson M.; … - 2018
Although women earn approximately 50% of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees, more than 70% of scientists and engineers are men. We explore a potential determinant of this STEM gender gap using newly collected data on the career trajectories of United States Air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913023