to estimate the effect of being overweight on hourly wages. Previous studies have shown that white women are the only … significant continual increase in the wage penalty for overweight and obese white women followed throughout two decades. A …

This study analyzes the determinants of part-time employment of men and women. Multinomial logit estimation indicated …

This article examines differences in the labor force participation rates of black and white married women using a micro …-level data set describing low-income Chicago families in 1925. The higher participation rate of black women in the sample is …

for older women in entry-level jobs in Boston, MA and St. Petersburg, FL. Differential interviewing by age is found for …

Many economists have argued that women earn less than men because they work intermittently. Although several studies … have estimated the extent to which intermittent labor force participation affects women's earnings, previous research has … not compared the labor market outcomes of women who work continuously to those of other women. This paper estimates a …