This paper adresses the under-explored relationship between women's structures and union democracy and argues that … women's structural progress is mediated by an enduring patriarchal oligarchy and an associated struggle to access power …

period 1968-1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women's wages have varied over time and have … had partly counteracting effects. Changes in industry wage differentials have systematically worked against women, while … wage inequality was dramatic. In 1981, however, the wage compression effect accounted only for a minor proportion of women …

The study identifies women's volume of paid and unpaid work in time units and money values. Therefore, German time use … gender-specific paid and unpaid workload. Thus, women's share in an extended GDP, defined as sum of traditional GDP and …

states in the U.S. to evaluate the variations in the entry and exit of women apprentices, overall and by race/ethnicity, over … the 1995-2003 period. We examine how women’s representation among new apprentices, and their attrition and retention rates … varies with individual, training program, and occupational characteristics. We find that women’s representation among new …

This paper examines the status of women in the environmental economics profession in terms of their representation and … impact. Three indicators are used to gauge the status of women in the profession. They are the representation of women in … academia in the United States and Canada, the publication profiles of women environmental economists and the representation of …

A survey of women in the Australian construction industry was undertaken to examine the relationship between career …, family and work environment variables on women's organizational commitment. Questionnaires were distributed to three hundred … women in construction occupations and 109 completed and usable questionnaires were returned. Career choice commitment …