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Tomasz Zajac; Iga Magda; Marek Bozykowski; Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak; Mikolaj Jasinski – Studies in Higher Education, 2025
Gender pay gaps in earnings are well-documented in the literature. However, new factors contributing to women's lower earnings have emerged and remain under-researched. Educational choices are among them. We use a rich administrative dataset from Poland, a Central Eastern European country with high tertiary education enrolment and high female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Females
Sallie R. Koenig – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Following a prologue in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 delves into the pivotal role of departmental culture and leadership in shaping parental leave experience. Findings reveal that the parental leave policy at one R1 institution fell short in providing adequate support due to the absence of proactive guidance from supervisors and department heads. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employed Parents, Civil Rights, Employed Women
Mallika Thomas – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to peer groups at a top business school in the United States, I study the effect of the gender composition of a student's peers on the gender pay gap at graduation and long-term labor market outcomes. I find that a 10 percentage point increase in the share of male peers leads to a 2.1 percent…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Business Administration
Jackson, Patricia – CURRENTS, 2011
The author did not expect to be surprised or disturbed by the data from the latest Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) salary survey; however, she was. CASE has been conducting the survey since 1982, so she assumed the findings would mirror her own salary history and those of her peers. While she suspected that older women…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Salary Wage Differentials, Employment Practices, Gender Bias
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McDonald, Judith A.; Thornton, Robert J. – Journal of Human Resources, 2007
We analyze the female-male gap in starting-salary offers for new college graduates using data from the annual surveys of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), unique (and proprietary) data that have not previously been used for this purpose. A major advantage of working with a data set on salaries for new college graduates is…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Gender Differences, Wages, Salaries
Woodworth, Margaret; Woodworth, Warner – Personnel Administrator, 1979
Looks at some of the implications resulting from the presence of women in the marketplace and outlines some steps the innovative executive and adaptive enterprise can employ in taking advantage of the new opportunities. (IRT)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Crow, Mary – Personnel Review, 1998
A case study of a Polish company undergoing restructuring demonstrates the influence of political, economic, and social change on postcommunist personnel management. It investigates whether change is providing opportunities to improve the employment status of women. (SK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Employed Women, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries
Cramer, Jerome – American School Board Journal, 1982
Reviews different interpretations of the Supreme Court's recent ruling concerning Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. For related articles, see pages 21 and 23 in the same issue. (WD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Employment Practices
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Paoli, Chantal – International Labour Review, 1982
The author studies measures adopted in some European market economy countries with a view to improving maternity protection and enabling women workers to reconcile the dual function of maternity and economic activity without undermining equality. (Editor)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Practices, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1988
The rights discussed in this guide pertain to those guaranteed by federal legislation affecting women seeking jobs, working on the job, and retiring from employment. The section entitled "Getting the Job" contains explanations of services provided by: (1) the U.S. Employment Service; (2) the federal-state partnership established by the…
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Glass, Jennifer – 1996
According to a recent study of how women manage maternity in the workplace, more than 70% of pregnant employees were still employed at the same job 6 months after childbirth (compared to 80% of young women who had not been pregnant). A study of 324 randomly selected employed women in the Midwest yielded similar results. Six months after giving…
Descriptors: Birth, Career Development, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
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Panteli, Niki; Stack, Janet; Ramsay, Harvie – New Technology, Work and Employment, 2001
Data on information technology employment in Britain and interviews in four companies depicted experiences of women in computing. Gender disparities in numbers and distribution, salaries, division of labor, and career progression were found. Masculine values in computing culture, gender differences in working style, and attitudes toward computers…
Descriptors: Computers, Employed Women, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Mani, Bonnie G. – Public Administration Review, 1999
A study of the effects of veterans' preference on women's careers in the federal civil service between 1975 and 1995 reveals diminishing effects of the preferences and disadvantages to veterans. One can expect little change in federal women's status if veterans' preference is eliminated. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Employed Women, Employment Practices
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Davis, Elaine C. – Educational Horizons, 1975
Article focused on the reasons for the under employment of women and the myths that persist in spite of indisputable evidence to the contrary. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Bias, Employed Women, Employment Practices, Females
Michel, Andree – Western European Education, 1987
Reviews efforts by individual governments in the European Economic Community to improve the rights of women in the workplace. Focuses on the objectives of these efforts, and concludes by evaluating strengths and weaknesses of these programs. (BSR)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries
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