Is there a flexiglass ceiling? Flexible work arrangements and wages in the United States
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The possible sources of an association between flexible work and wages is outlined and this association is quantified using data from 2000 and 2001 Current Population Surveys (CPS). The results contradict the notion of a 'flexiglass ceiling' in wages, but suggest that flexible work arguments do little to reduce the gender gap in pay or the motherhood wage penalty.
Publication Name: Social Science Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0049-089X
Year: 2005
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Innovations in life history calendar applications
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Issues concerning applications for the life history calendar (LHC) are discussed. The LHC was developed as a method for collecting individual-level event timing and sequencing data. New innovations make gathering retrospective even history with an LHC more feasible in a wider range of settings and for a broader set of substantive topics
Publication Name: Social Science Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0049-089X
Year: 1999
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