Women and Men at WorkIn this comprehensive overview of a growing domain of research, Reskin and Padavic examine how gender has shaped the meaning and performance of work. Patterns of sex inequality and segregation as well as the gendered nature of contemporary workplace cultures are demonstrated. The authors provide an especially useful - and critical - summary of economic theories of gender differences in workplace rewards, such as earnings and authority, as well as an insightful discussion of the interpenetration of family and work life. |
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... Sex differences in promotions . Women are concentrated at low levels in the organizations that employ them and in the lower ranks in their occupations and professions . Even in predominantly female lines of work , such as nursing , the ...
... Sex differences in promotions . Women are concentrated at low levels in the organizations that employ them and in the lower ranks in their occupations and professions . Even in predominantly female lines of work , such as nursing , the ...
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Barbara F. Reskin, Irene Padavic. 6 Sex Differences in Earnings From the earliest records of paid work , which date from the fourteenth century , employers have paid men more ... Sex Differences in Earnings / The Cost of Being Female /
Barbara F. Reskin, Irene Padavic. 6 Sex Differences in Earnings From the earliest records of paid work , which date from the fourteenth century , employers have paid men more ... Sex Differences in Earnings / The Cost of Being Female /
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... Sex differences in human capital . Lacking direct measures of productivity , researchers have looked for proxies that they can use to compare the sexes ' productivity . Mainstream economists argue that we can indirectly gauge the impact of ...
... Sex differences in human capital . Lacking direct measures of productivity , researchers have looked for proxies that they can use to compare the sexes ' productivity . Mainstream economists argue that we can indirectly gauge the impact of ...
Contents
Work and Gender | 1 |
A History of Gendered Work | 15 |
An Overview of Sex Inequality at Work | 31 |
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