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• References.(Sex Discrimination in the Labor Market)

  - 2006-10-01

  Altonji, J. G. and R. M. Blank (1999), 'Race and gender in the labor market'. In: O. C. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.): Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V. Anderson, D. J., M. Binder, and K. Krause (2003), 'The motherhood...

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• Women's and men's access to employer-provided benefits: an assessment of women's acceptance as breadwinners.

  - 2003-03-22

  INTRODUCTION One of the most significant economic and social trends over the last half-century is the large-scale entry of women, particularly mothers, into the paid labor force. In 1940, women made up under 25% of the labor force, whereas today this proportion has increased...

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• U.S. labor market performance in international perspective: from 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries; Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation, while Japan and Europe ha

  - 2002-06-01

  For developed economies, monthly unemployment and employment changes are considered the two most informative labor market indicators, providing knowledge about the current performance of the labor market and the economy as a whole. International analyses often focus on these two key indicators as well, to compare the functioning of labor...

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• The Philadelphia Inquirer Business Calendar Column.

  - 2001-08-13

  The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13--TODAY: Treasury Auctions 3-month & 6-month bills today; 4-week bills Aug. 21; 2-year notes Aug. 29; 5-year notes Nov. 6; 9.5-year notes Nov. 7 TOMORROW: Programs *FREE* Best Practices in Information Technology ...

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• BLS reports on women's earnings - Bureau of Labor Statistics report on women's salaries, compared with men's - Brief Article

  - 1999-06-01

  Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers were $456 in 1998, 76.3 percent of the $598 median for men. Both the level of women's earnings and the difference from men's varied considerably by age.

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• Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining the Diversity Advantage. - book reviews

  - 1992-06-01

  Beyond Race and Gender. By R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. New York, American Management Association, 1991. 189 pp. $22.95, cloth. Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining the Diversity Advantage. By David Jamieson and Julie O'Mara. San Francisco, CA, Jossey Bass Publishers, 1991. 241 pp. $27.95. The Hudson Institute's 1988 report, Workforce...

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