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- Women Make Better Managers than Men
- The new gender gap puts women in front of men, at least in school. So says Gary Becker, the Nobel Prize Winning economist, in a post on the blog he shares with Richard Posner. Ultimately, says Becker: Whatever the explanation for the remarkable shift in college attendance rates of...
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- SWITZERLAND: WEF GENDER GAP STUDY.(World Economic Forum)
- The World Economic Forum is releasing today the first ever study that attempts to quantify the size of the "gender gap" in 58 countries. Entitled Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap, the report measures the size of the gap The World Economic Forum is...
- Research articles 2005-05-16
- EGYPT: EGYPT SHOWS COMMITMENT TO BRIDGING ECONOMIC GENDER GAPS THROUGH EDUCATION.(Brief Article)
- According to a recently released report by the World Bank, the Egyptian government has shown steadfast commitment in recent years to bridging the nation's economic gender gap. As part of Egypt's current five-plan, authorities have turned to the World According to a recently released report by...
- Research articles 2001-08-30
- WEF STUDY TO MEASURE THE `GENDER GAP' FOR THE FIRST TIME
- According to "Jordan Times", the Competitiveness Program team of the World Economic Forum WEF will launch a study to rank and measure the "gender gap" between national economies for the first time, a WEF statement said. The new benchAccording to "Jordan Times", the Competitiveness Program team of the World Economic...
- Research articles 2005-04-28
- The Real Gender Gap Is in Your Network
- What blocks women from equal representation in senior management? Recent research suggests that the barrier is less a glass ceiling than a moat around certain networking opportunities. Despite decades of law and corporate policy, women are still underrepresented in senior positions compared with their male colleagues. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
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- NORDIC COUNTRIES TOP THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S GENDER GAP INDEX
- Four Nordic countries, Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4) once again top the latest Gender Gap Index released today by the World Economic Forum. All countries in the top 20 made progress relative to their scores last year some more so thFour Nordic countries, Sweden (1),...
- Research articles 2007-11-08
- EUROPE: NORDIC COUNTRIES TOP THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S GENDER GAP INDEX.
- Four Nordic countries, Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4) once again top the latest Gender Gap Index released today by the World Economic Forum. All countries in the top 20 made progress relative to their scores last year - some more Four Nordic...
- Research articles 2007-11-08
- JORDAN: WEF STUDY TO MEASURE THE `GENDER GAP' FOR THE FIRST TIME.(World Economic Forum)(Brief Article)
- According to "Jordan Times", the Competitiveness Program team of the World Economic Forum WEF will launch a study to rank and measure the "gender gap" between national economies for the first time, a WEF statement said. The new According to "Jordan Times", the Competitiveness Program...
- Research articles 2005-04-28
- Gender gap still exists in healthcare management - In the News - Brief Article
- Female healthcare executives earn an average of 19 percent less than their male counterparts, according to a study by the American College of Healthcare Executives ACHE, Chicago, Illinois. The study compared career attainments of male and female healthcare executives using a sample of ACHE members who have been in the...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Gender Gap Politics
- Gender Gap PoliticsAs the 1996 electoral race shapes up, it is easy to feel, as feminists and women, like switching off the TV, canceling the newspapers, and checking out until the whole ugly spectacle is over. The little ray of sunshine in November 1992 has quickly clouded over into a...
- Research articles 1996-07-01
- Japan ranks 38th in global report on gender gap
- GENEVA, May 17 Kyodo Japan ranked 38th in a global report to measure women's achievements in key areas released by the World Economic Forum on Monday. Sweden topped the list of the report, which assessed the size of the gender gap in 58 countries --...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Mind the gender gap: why Democrats are losing women at an alarming rate.(The Road Ahead)
- THE EROSION OF THE GENDER GAP IN THIS ELECTION starkly illustrates Alan Brinkley's insights regarding how issues of class and values pose challenges for progressives and the Democratic Party. In the last two presidential elections, the Democratic candidate won among women fairly decisively, by 16 points...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- International Status Report -- Only 8 nations close gender gap in legislatures and girls` education; United States behind with low percentage of women in Congress but leads with highest share of women in economic decision-making positions.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 June 2000-UN: International Status Report -- Only 8 nations close gender gap in legislatures and girls` education; United States behind with low percentage of women in Congress but leads with highest share of women in economic decision-making positions C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...
- Research articles 2000-06-07
- NSF: S&E degrees to women, minorities on the rise, math achievement "gender gap" is gone.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 May 1999-NSF: S&E degrees to women, minorities on the rise, math achievement "gender gap" is gone C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:050599 The number and proportion of women and minorities enrolled and earning undergraduate and graduate science and engineering [S&E]...
- Research articles 1999-05-06
- Computer Gender Gap Prompts Major Study by ACM
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 9, 1998-- The ACM's Committee on Women Will Use NSF Grant to Study Sharp Decrease in Women Earning Computer Science Degrees The Association for Computing Machinery's ACM Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W) announced today that it would take steps to analyze and help...
- Research articles 1998-11-09
- Gender Differences Similar Across Racial/Ethnic Groups.(report)(Brief Article)
- A new report on the gender gap in education and work across racial/ethnic groups found more similarities than differences. The report from the Educational Testing Service ETS Policy Information Center, "Differences in the Gender Gap: Comparisons Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in Education and Work," found that on...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- FCC gets gender check.(Bush administration looks for woman for Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
- GOP looks to add woman to one of two open seats on the commission Vexed by the sudden realization that a remade FCC could raise charges of a gender gap, the Bush transition team is determined to add a GOP woman to...
- Research articles 2001-02-12
- The $10,000 Salary Gap for Women in Startups
- Study after study has demonstrated salary gaps for female executives versus their male colleagues, especially in large companies. Now new research by Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman demonstrates that the pay gaps persist in startups, too -- although less so. Looking at data on 2,200 executives...
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Bridging the gender gap to promote economic and social development.
- The third item of the Millennium Development Goals MDGs, concerning gender equity; has set the target of achieving gender parity in enrollments in primary and secondary education for 2005. In contrast, all other development goals have targets set for 2015. In this sense, the gender equity...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- Bridging the Gender Gap.(statisitics of male and female British Internet users)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Women now account for 46 percent of all British Internet surfers, according to the latest six-month U.K. Internet User Monitor survey from Forrester Research, which concludes that the male gender bias characterizing the use of the Internet within t Women now account for 46...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
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