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August 26, 2026
economic news roundup and assortative dating
August 26, 2026
Are More Married Women Breadwinners?

While gender norms encourage husbands to earn more than their wives, looking more closely reveals it's not that simple.

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October 28, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
October 28, 2025
When Men’s Earnings Rose and Women’s Did Not

Having narrowed for decades, the gender pay gap recently began to expand because of a slew of traditional reasons.

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September 26, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
September 26, 2025
When Doctors and Lawyers Needed the Right Talent

When talent allocation shifts in skilled occupations, the impact on per person economic growth can be considerable.

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September 7, 2025
Nigeria's shea nuts
September 7, 2025
Why Nigeria Has a Shea Nut Problem

Trying to boost female income and inadequate industrial capacity, Nigeria's shea nuts won't be exported for six months.

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August 15, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
August 15, 2025
Why We Need More Working Women

Looking at women in the labor force, we can ask the impact of an increasing proportion of young mothers departing.

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June 12, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
June 12, 2025
Where Women Are Underpaid and Underrepresented

Comparing the W.N.B.A. to the N.B.A. and Fortune 500 female CEOs to male CEOs, we see that women are underpaid and underrepresented.

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June 9, 2025
impact of Trump tariffs
June 9, 2025
What Is the Economic Impact of Dobbs?

Although the Dobbs impact on all women rippled across the United States during the past three years, it particularly hit one group.

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June 5, 2025
economic news roundup and college graduation
June 5, 2025
Why Did Women Become More Educated?

With college graduation rates up, we can ask why women, more than men, have primarily been the beneficiaries.

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April 29, 2025
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April 29, 2025
Where Tariffs Are Pink

Reflecting pink tariffs, on items that range from jackets to underwear, the average tax rate is higher for men's imports than women's.

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March 24, 2025
working women
March 24, 2025
Where a Woman Would Want to Work

Looking at countries, The Economist and then for cities, Bloomberg/Businessweek told us the best places for women to work.

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February 17, 2025
top movies
February 17, 2025
Why We Need More Women in Films

While 2024's top 100 movies reflect progress for women in film as leads and co-leads, other underrepresented groups report setbacks.

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January 14, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and China's birthrate
January 14, 2025
Why South Korea Became a Matchmaker

How South Korea's unusually low fertility rate relates to an unexpected characteristic of its economic growth.

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