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Zusatztext This compilation is an invaluable addition to any labor economistâs library. Not only a handy compendium of the many important studies that Francine Blau has conducted over her long and illustrious career! the book is a useful guide to overall research on gender! inequality! and wages. Informationen zum Autor Francine D. Blau is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and her BS from Cornell University. She has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists and the Labor and Employment Association, as Vice President of the American Economic Association, and as Chair of the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Labor Economics and the Journal of Labor Research. She is the author of Equal Pay in the Office (with L. Kahn), recipient of the Richard A. Lester Prize. In 2001 she was honored with the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is the first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics. Klappentext In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for years, although there have been some important changes over time. This collection of revised papers contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labor market and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. Zusammenfassung In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for years, although there have been some important changes over time. This collection of revised papers contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labor market and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introduction by the Editors: Equality and Fairness in the Labor Market Part II: The Gender Wage Gap: Determinants and Trends over Time for the United States Introduction 1: Equal Pay in the Office 2: Trends in Earnings Differentials by Gender Part III: International Differences in the Gender Wage Gap and Wage Inequality: The Role of Wage Setting Institutions Introduction 3: Wage Structure and Gender Earnings Differentials: An International Comparison 4: Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap 5: International Differences in Male Wage Inequality: Institutions versus Market Forces Part IV: Other Dimensions of Gender Inequality and Policy Responses Introduction 6: Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980-2000 7: Trends in the Well-Being of American Women: 1970-1995 8: Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors? Interim Results from a Randomized Trial Part V: Inequality by Race and Immigrant Status Introduction 9: Black-White Earnings over the 1970s and 1980s: Gender differences in Trends 10: Black-White Differences in Wealth and Asset Composition 11: The Use of Transfer Payments by Immigrants 12: Gender, Source Country Characteristics, and Labor Market Assimilation among Immigrants: 1980-2000 Part VI: Concluding Thoughts ...
