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March 4, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and STEM
March 4, 2018
The Mystery of the STEM Paradox

Identifying the countries where women are more likely to select STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), scholars had some surprises.

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February 21, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and invading ride-share markets
February 21, 2018
What Uber Says About the Gender Pay Gap

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February 5, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
February 5, 2018
The Mom Penalty and the Dad Bonus

Confirming that children add to the gender pay gap, the motherhood penalty and the fatherhood bonus each create more of a spread between female and male earnings.

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December 27, 2017
Economic News Roundup and internet tax
December 27, 2017
The Downside of Interrupting Women

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December 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
December 10, 2017
The Economic Yardstick That (We Don’t Know) We Need

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November 15, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
November 15, 2017
Less Recognized Reasons For the Gender Pay Gap

By focusing on social norms that determine the division of labor at home and traditional workplace incentives, we can narrow the gender pay gap.

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October 12, 2017
Saudi women gender gap
October 12, 2017
The Power of Saudi Female Drivers

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September 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and declining marriage rate
September 27, 2017
Where Have All of the Husbands (and Wives) Gone?

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September 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and glass ceiling
September 7, 2017
Why We Need Female Monuments

In New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., public spaces under-represent women's past leadership through too few female monuments.

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August 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
August 31, 2017
Where Parental Leave Leads To Gender Discrimination

Questions about how much paid parental leave new dads should receive is the reason Estée Lauder is being sued by the EEOC.

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August 23, 2017
weekly economic new roundup and gender word barriers
August 23, 2017
Why Gender Word Barriers Could Be Worse Than Sticks and Stones

Sometimes more harmful than "sticks and stones," gender word barriers create images of women that demean their professional skills.

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August 6, 2017
highly skilled women and low-skilled immigrants
August 6, 2017
How Low-Skilled Immigrants Support Highly Skilled Women

In additional to debating the impact of immigration on less educated men, we should look at how highly skilled women are affected.

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