"Stories about women in the workforce permeate newspapers, magazines--virtually all media formats devoted to news and … commentary in contemporary society. Women's movement into the paid workforce has transformed their lives--and those of their … families-and has in many ways reshaped society. This book takes a holistic view of the economic lives of women in the workforce." …

economy is trapped in an old way of doing business; work structures have not adapted as more women enter the workforce. Gender …"In Career and Family, Claudia Goldin builds on decades of complex research to examine the gender pay gap and the … writes, treat the symptoms and not the disease of gender inequality in the workplace and economy. Goldin points to data that …

We review recent studies on management practices and their consequences for women in the workplace. First, the High … Performance Work System (HPWS) is associated with greater gender diversity in the workplace while there is little evidence that … the HPWS reduces the gender pay gap. Second, work-life balance practices with limited face-to-face interactions with …

by women with household responsibilities, some members of parliament believed that the new hours may be "family friendly … more women working in the public sector, but did end up leading to an increase in female working hours. It was not through … been working over 40 hours, especially by married women without children, followed by unmarried without children, and by …

Recent scholarship suggests welfare state interventions, as measured by policy indices, create gendered trade …-offs wherein reduced work–family conflict corresponds to greater gender wage inequality. The authors reconsider these trade-offs by …