Trends in Women's Economic Status
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Perspectives
- Vol. 35 (1) , 17-51
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1389367
Abstract
We consider trends over the last several decades in the economic status of women relative to men. Trends in the proportion of women employed outside the home, occupational sex segregation, the sex gap in earnings, and poverty are reviewed. A review of research that provides explanations for these gender inequalities is presented.Keywords
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