Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know ®

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Laura M. Argys (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado) Susan L. Averett (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Lafayette College)

Women in the Workforce

What Everyone Needs to Know ®

Laura M. Argys (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado), Susan L. Averett (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Lafayette College)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
24 August 2022

Social mobility; Gender studies: women; Sociology: work & labour; Economics & Business; Economics; Labour economics

Series: What Everyone Needs To Know

An accessible overview of the power of women in the economy and the obstacles they face

Women are joining the workforce in increasing numbers, making inroads as entrepreneurs and leaders, acquiring more education, marrying later, and having fewer children - all trends consistent with spending a far greater fraction of their adult lives in the labor force. And yet, even as women break the glass ceiling and challenge gender and sexual norms, they are told they need to ""lean in"" and powerful movements like #TimesUP and #MeToo are still necessary to expose and overcome endemic discrimination, exploitation, harassment, and worse.

Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know ® provides an essential and accessible introduction to the significance of women in the economy and the obstacles they face in claiming equal status. Economists Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett tackle timely topics like the wage gap, ""women's work,"" and gendered workplace interactions in an easy-to-read question and answer format. The book focuses on the choices people make and how these are framed by institutional impediments that create inequalities in the options available to men and women. Argys and Averett highlight how the experience of being a woman in the labor market varies, sometimes dramatically, by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. They also explore how living in cities, towns, and rural areas influence choices and outcomes.

Covering a range of topics, from breastfeeding and work, earnings penalties for women who have taken time away from work, and childcare while women work, to the gender pay gap and the distinctive challenges women face as they age and transition to retirement, this book answers the essential questions surrounding women in the workforce.

By: Laura M. Argys (Professor of Economics Professor of Economics University of Colorado), Susan L. Averett (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Lafayette College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 395g
ISBN: 9780190093396
ISBN 10: 0190093390
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 24 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laura M. Argys is Professor of Economics at University of Colorado Denver. Susan L. Averett is Professor of Economics at Lafayette College. They are co-editors, along with Saul Hoffman, of The Oxford Handbook of of Women and the Economy.

Reviews for Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know ®

A helpful and readable volume that provides research-based answers to basic questions ranging from the importance of women to the economy, to why and how pay gaps between men and women continue to exist and why the government cannot ""just fix"" them. * M. S. Myers, CHOICE * A helpful and readable volume that provides research-based answers to basic questions ranging from the importance of women to the economy, to why and how pay gaps between men and women continue to exist and why the government cannot 'just fix' them.... its conversational approach to complex academic questions is part of its appeal. * CHOICE *