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Women in the workforce : what everyone needs to know / Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett

Author
Argys, Laura M.
Published
[Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2022.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (07 hr., 26 min)).
Additional Creators
Averett, Susan L. and Ware, Lisa S.
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Women are joining the workforce in increasing numbers, making inroads as entrepreneurs and leaders, acquiring more education, marrying later, and having fewer children-all trends consistent with spending a far greater fraction of their adult lives in the labor force. And yet, even as women break the glass ceiling and challenge gender and sexual norms, they are told they need to "lean in" and powerful movements like #TimesUP and #MeToo are still necessary to expose and overcome endemic discrimination, exploitation, harassment, and worse. Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides an essential and accessible introduction to the significance of women in the economy and the obstacles they face in claiming equal status. Economists Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett tackle timely topics like the wage gap, "women's work," and gendered workplace interactions in an easy-to-read question and answer format. The book focuses on the choices people make and how these are framed by institutional impediments that create inequalities in the options available to men and women. Argys and Averett highlight how the experience of being a woman in the labor market varies, sometimes dramatically, by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. They also explore how living in cities, towns, and rural areas influence choices and outcomes
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ISBN
9798765003770 (electronic audio bk.)
Duration
["07:26:00"]
Sound Characteristics
digital
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Participant/Performer Note
Read by Lisa S. Ware.
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