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May 19, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and World Cup gender pay gap
May 19, 2022
The Newest Women’s Soccer Team Victory

Navigating the EEOC, the court system, and collective bargaining, the USWNT fought for decades to win the women's World Cup soccer lawsuit.

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March 30, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
March 30, 2022
Where (and When) Do Women Earn More?

Whereas a Pew report says that young women's gender pay gap has disappeared in 22 metropolitan areas, the whole story is not quite as good.

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December 24, 2021
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December 24, 2021
December 2021 Friday’s e-links: “Greedy Work” and Other Labor Market Issues

Our December 2021 e-links continue with a Steven Levitt talk with Harvard's Claudia Goldin that looks at 50 years of women in labor markets.

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November 26, 2021
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November 26, 2021
Why Your College Major Matters

Trying to understand the gender pay gap, researchers correlated college majors, occupational choices, and wages.

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September 13, 2021
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September 13, 2021
How Skateboarding Took Us Closer to Gender Equity

While female skateboarders had some success with the gender pay gap, it remains for average players and at the top in other sports.

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August 30, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
August 30, 2021
Where Women Have the Most Economic Opportunity

Looking at women's economic empowerment through a lens that sees eight criteria, we can compare the world's 190 countries.

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June 14, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
June 14, 2021
Where the Gender Wage Gap Needs to Shrink

Returning to work, we still have a substantial gender wage gap to diminish although its size depends on the occupation and our expectations.

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September 18, 2019
eekly Economic News Roundup and check use
September 18, 2019
Why Our Earnings Are Not What They Seem to Be

Ranging from barely budging to a 32 percent increase, the ups and downs of average hourly earnings can be debated, depending on your numbers.

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June 12, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and women's World Cup soccer
June 12, 2019
What Female Soccer Players Hope to Win in Court

In the court battle over the gender pay gap in women's World Cup soccer, the U.S. national team is citing issues that relate to much more than a sport.

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April 4, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
April 4, 2019
The Mystery of the Vanishing Female CEOs

Using 85 observable characteristics, there was little that researchers could use from a Swedish study to prove why the glass ceiling blocks female CEOs.

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December 26, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
December 26, 2018
The (Hidden) Paternity Leave Problem

A nation's generous paternity leave policy does not necessarily diminish the size of the gender pay gap or job discrimination against women.

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December 5, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
December 5, 2018
What We Still Need To Know About the Gender Gap

New research on the gender pay gap and the gender leadership gap indicate we should be especially aware of hiring, downshifting, and attrition.

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