Partially reflecting more women in the labor force, the participation rate rose from the 1970s until recently but now the mystery is why it is falling.
Our Monday Gender Issues Focus When people ask how much children cost, they expect to hear a dollar total. For women, though, the cost can be much more. First, I did check the dollar total. According to the US Department of Agriculture, in 2012, covering…
It is tough to identify the gender wage gap and why we have it but I think a group of people who live in Northeast India provide some pretty good answers. But first… The U.S. Gender Pay Gap If we…
The NYC Miss Subways competition was about a lot more than pretty “girls” (as they were called). To become Miss Subways for a month, applicants had to submit a picture to the John Robert Powers Agency. From perhaps 1000 applicants,…
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