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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - November) No. 17, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - November) No. 17, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - August) No.16, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - August) No.16, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - May) No. 15, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - May) No. 15, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
The Health Status And Lost Earnings Of Hispanic And Non-Hispanic Women, Janis Barry Figueroa
The Health Status And Lost Earnings Of Hispanic And Non-Hispanic Women, Janis Barry Figueroa
New England Journal of Public Policy
Based on data from the 1990 early release file of the Latino sample of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), this article examines the loss of earnings suffered by disabled or health-limited Hispanic women workers. For comparative purposes, the author created an identical analysis based on a sample of black and white non-Hispanic women from the 1989 original-sample PSID. The research also considers the prevalence of poor health among Latinas to ascertain whether their lower labor-force participation, earnings, and number of hours worked can be associated with episodes of poor health. The empirical results show that Hispanic women are …
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - March) No. 14, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - March) No. 14, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Supporting The Employment Of Mothers: Policy Variation Across Fourteen Welfare States, Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers, Katherin E. Ross
Supporting The Employment Of Mothers: Policy Variation Across Fourteen Welfare States, Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers, Katherin E. Ross
Sociology - All Scholarship
Despite their broadly similar political and economic systems, the rates and patterns of mothers' employment vary considerably across industrialized countries. This variation raises questions about the role played by government policies in enabling mothers to choose employment and, in turn, in shaping both gender equality and family economic well-being. This paper compares fourteen OECD countries, as of the middle-to-late 1980s, with respect to their provision of policies that support mothers' employment: parental leave, child care, and the scheduling of public education. Newly gathered data on eighteen policy indicators are presented; these indicators were chosen to capture support for maternal employment, …
Biology, Justice, And Women's Fate, Dorothy E. Roberts
Biology, Justice, And Women's Fate, Dorothy E. Roberts
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.