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The wage gap
Title:
The wage gap
ISBN:
9780737739688

9780737739695
Publication Information:
Detroit : Greenhaven Press : Gale/Cengage Learning, ©2008.
Physical Description:
193 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
The wage gap between men and women is narrowing / Mark Doms and Ethan Lewis -- Women are taking action to narrow the wage gap / Dawn Klingensmith -- Women's wages have increased more than men's / Jessica Nelson -- The wage gap between men and women persists / Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner -- Mentoring does not narrow the wage gap / Sandie Taylor -- College-educated women struggle to even the wage gap / Judy Goldberg Dey and Catherine Hill -- Income inequality has widened the wage gap between rich and poor / John Edward -- Executives earn their high salaries / Ira T. Kay -- Foreign competition and technology contribute to the rich-poor wage gap / David Wessel -- Greater opportunities for the rich widen the wage gap / Mortimer B. Zuckerman -- Stagnant incomes and the rising cost of living have widened the rich-poor wage gap / Suzanne Crowell -- Minorities earn less than white males because of discrimination / Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News -- Minority women still earn the least pay for the same work / Marianne Sullivan -- Minorities earn less than whites because of racial inequalities / Tim Wise -- Low-wage immigrant workers contribute to the racial wage gap / Randolph Capps [and others] -- The racial wage gap is due to multiple factors / Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation -- The racial wage gap is due to educational disparities and occupational choices / Public Policy Institute of California -- College-educated blacks are narrowing the wage gap / The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education -- Hispanics earning science and engineering degrees can narrow the wage gap / Margaret Loftus -- Women earn more than men just out of college / Sam Roberts -- Women earn less than their male counterparts just a year out of college / Amy Joyce -- Blacks with education equal to whites' still experience a wage gap / Curtis Lawrence -- College degrees widen economic inequality / Stuart Tannock.
Summary:
Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to the wage gap, such as whether it is narrowing, what causes it, and the effects of education on it.
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