Shortchanged : why women have less wealth and what can be done about it /

Women now receive more college degrees than men, and enter the workforce with better job opportunities than ever before. Indeed, the wage gap between men and women has never been smaller. So why does the typical woman have only 36 cents for every dollar of wealth owned by the typical man? How is it...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Chang, Mariko Lin
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
Women now receive more college degrees than men, and enter the workforce with better job opportunities than ever before. Indeed, the wage gap between men and women has never been smaller. So why does the typical woman have only 36 cents for every dollar of wealth owned by the typical man? How is it that never-married women working full-time have only 16% as much wealth as similarly situated men? And why do single mothers have only 8% of the wealth of single fathers? The first book to focus on the differences in wealth between women and men, Shortchanged is a compelling and accessible examinati
Umfang:
1 online resource (225 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-979886-9
0-19-989660-7
9786612763267
1-282-76326-1
0-19-971006-6
Schlagworte:
Women > Economic conditions.
Wealth > Sex differences.
Wages > Women.
Women > Social conditions.
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