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Hot Jobs Update: 2008 Outlook For Maine’S Women Workers, University Of Maine
Hot Jobs Update: 2008 Outlook For Maine’S Women Workers, University Of Maine
General University of Maine Publications
This paper on the occupational outlook for Maine’s women workers was intended as an update to the Bureau of Labor Education’s previous briefing papers on this topic. These earlier papers showed that despite many upbeat analyses of the best “hot new jobs” that will be available to women workers in the next decade, the largest occupations available to women workers in Maine will continue to be primarily jobs with low wages and little economic security
Hot Jobs Or Not So Hot? Outlook For Maine’S Women Workers, University Of Maine
Hot Jobs Or Not So Hot? Outlook For Maine’S Women Workers, University Of Maine
General University of Maine Publications
This briefing paper focused on four basic questions concerning Maine’s women workers: 1) Why are many women workers in Maine facing economic insecurity despite being employed? 2) Are the largest occupations for Maine women workers in the next decade likely to offer greater economic security, or will women workers continue to be at risk? 3) Is the apparent decrease in the male/female wage gap in 2001 a result of better conditions for women, or worse conditions for male workers? 4) What can be done in Maine to address the economic challenges faced by women workers?