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Women in the Workforce - What Everyone Needs to Know ® (Hardcover)
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Women in the Workforce - What Everyone Needs to Know ® (Hardcover)
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know
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An accessible overview of the power of women in the economy and the
obstacles they face Women are joining the workforce in increasing
numbers, making inroads as entrepreneurs and leaders, acquiring
more education, marrying later, and having fewer children - all
trends consistent with spending a far greater fraction of their
adult lives in the labor force. And yet, even as women break the
glass ceiling and challenge gender and sexual norms, they are told
they need to "lean in" and powerful movements like #TimesUP and
#MeToo are still necessary to expose and overcome endemic
discrimination, exploitation, harassment, and worse. Women in the
Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know ® provides an essential and
accessible introduction to the significance of women in the economy
and the obstacles they face in claiming equal status. Economists
Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett tackle timely topics like the
wage gap, "women's work," and gendered workplace interactions in an
easy-to-read question and answer format. The book focuses on the
choices people make and how these are framed by institutional
impediments that create inequalities in the options available to
men and women. Argys and Averett highlight how the experience of
being a woman in the labor market varies, sometimes dramatically,
by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.
They also explore how living in cities, towns, and rural areas
influence choices and outcomes. Covering a range of topics, from
breastfeeding and work, earnings penalties for women who have taken
time away from work, and childcare while women work, to the gender
pay gap and the distinctive challenges women face as they age and
transition to retirement, this book answers the essential questions
surrounding women in the workforce.
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