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The rise of female professionals: are women responding to skill demand?

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Overall skill demand may help explain why there has been a rise in women professionals in the US, and a reduction in discrimination, as well as better birth control may also be contributory factors.

Author: Black, Sandra E., Juhn, Chinhui
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2000
Professional Specialty Workers, Employment discrimination

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Are women's wage gains men's losses: a distributional test

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A link is apprent between female and male wage distributions which helps in understanding male wage inequality and the female-male ratio for wages.

Author: Fortin, Nicole, Lemieux, Thomas
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2000
Wages, Wages and salaries

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Why the apple doesnEt fall far: understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

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An analysis on why the higher educational levels of parents have positive impact on the educational levels of the children is presented

Author: Black, Sandra E., Salvanes, Kjell G., Devereux, Paul J.
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2005
Children, Analysis, Education, Education, Higher, Higher education, Parents

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Subjects list: Research, United States, Women, Employment, Labor market
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