This paper begins the task of explaining why the American business elite has remained white, male and mostly native-born Protestants for a century, as verified in a previous paper (Temin, 1997). I argue that the evidence is inconsistent with the hypotheses that the stability is due to...

En este documento se abordan los impactos potenciales del cambio tecnológico en la transformación de la naturaleza de los trabajos del futuro, su incidencia sobre el empleo, la igualdad de género y el crecimiento económico. Las brechas de género existentes en el mercado laboral podrían...

This paper begins the task of explaining why the American business elite has remained white, male and mostly native-born Protestants for a century, as verified in a previous paper (Temin, 1997). I argue that the evidence is inconsistent with the hypotheses that the stability is due to...

A number of studies have analyzed differences in males and females in labor market participation rates and the level of wages. Some of these gender-based differences have also been linked to differences in the level of education between males and females. The present paper contributes to this...

Globally, democratic and welfare-oriented governments resort to affirmative action to bridge the equity gap arising from various historic and structural exclusions (race, color, gender, caste, socio-economic status, sexuality, nationality or historical discrimination). Affirmative action is...