Employing data from 12 industrial societies, investigates differences in the labor force behavior, occupational distribution, and attainment patterns of ever- and never-married women. Finds little support for the dual-career theory, which attributes womens' concentration in low-paying employment to gender differences in marital and childrearing…

Studies Jews and Arabs in Israel to determine whether members of superordinate ethnic groups gain or lose from labor market discrimination against workers of a subordinate ethnic group. Finds that economic discrimination against Arabs benefits Jewish workers at the top of the social system more than those at the bottom. (AF)