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Women, leadership and the “glass cliff”: Research roundup
Gender

Women, leadership and the “glass cliff”: Research roundup

Chrissie Long | July 17, 2014
2013 review of research on how women leaders can be set up to work under difficult conditions that can lead to dissatisfaction and higher turnover.
Work-life balance (iStock)
Gender

Changing work and work-family conflict: A randomized control trial

Justin Feldman | June 9, 2014
2014 study in the American Sociological Review looks at the effects of a program that shifts control over the work schedule from managers to employees.
Gender pay inequality (whitehouse.gov)
Gender

How “overwork” helps explain the gender pay gap: Data analysis

Justin Feldman | May 23, 2014
2014 study in the American Sociological Review that demonstrates how a culture of overwork has perpetuated the U.S. gender wage gap.
Banks

Research findings on women, business leadership and the “Lehman sisters” hypothesis

Stefanie Knoll | April 4, 2014
2014 review of scholarship in Cambridge Journal of Economics on whether or not having more women in leadership roles can help eliminate risky firm behavior.
Woman solider
Gender

Women in the U.S. military and combat roles: Research roundup

Alexandra Raphel | January 23, 2014
2012 research review of relevant studies and data relating to the issues facing U.S. servicewomen.
(Library of Congress)
Gender

Poverty among women in the United States: A primer

Alexandra Raphel | January 10, 2014
2013 report by the National Council for Research on Women based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and other sources.
Women and work (iStock)
Gender

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013 report on women’s earnings

Anna Stansbury | October 31, 2013
Bureau of Labor 2013 report on women’s earnings in the United States, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey.
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Gender

Women, work and work/life balance: Research roundup

Margaret Weigel | October 20, 2013
2013 review of academic scholarship and government research on women, work and work/life balance.
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Gender

Women and STEM occupations: Retention rates and reasons for leaving

Anna Stansbury | October 18, 2013
2013 paper from U.T. Austin and Cornell University in Social Forces comparing the retention of women working in STEM-related fields to those in non-STEM work.
Gender inequality (iStock)
Gender

Occupational gender segregation, social stratification and pay differences

Carol Tan | October 11, 2013
2012 study published in the journal Sociology on the relationship between occupational segregation by gender and the extent of gender inequality.

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