This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …

A change in the audition procedures of symphony orchestras—adoption of “blind” auditions
with a “screen” to conceal the candidate's identity from the jury—provides a test for sex-…

… For parts B and C the same occupations are graphed. … I will briefly summarize the findings
from a study of the pharmacy profession by Goldin and Katz (2013) that uses, primarily, data …

Women’s increased involvement in the economy was the most significant change in labor
markets during the past century. Their modern economic role emerged in the United States in …

Women have entered the labor market in unprecedented numbers, yet these critically needed
workers still earn less than men and have fewer opportunities for advancement. This study …

… Note, however, that at point a the wife spends AT hours producing (3 in the home, but at point
c she spends CT hours producing 0 in the firm. The non-stigma equilibrium holds open the …

The fraction of US college graduate women entering professional programs increased
substantially just after 1970, and the age at first marriage among all US college graduate women …

Women are currently the majority of US college students and of those receiving a bachelor's
degree, but were 39 percent of undergraduates in 1960. We use three longitudinal data sets …

The careers of MBAs from a top US business school are studied to understand how career
dynamics differ by gender. Although male and female MBAs have nearly identical earnings at …

Current concern with the impact of new technologies on the wage structure motivates this
study. We offer evidence that technology-skill and capital-skill (relative) complementarities …