June Lapidus
Biographic Data
| ID | 3742943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | June Lapidus |
| GIVEN NAMES | June |
| FAMILY NAME | Lapidus |
| SIGNATURE | LAPIDUS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | b Department of Economics, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, e-mail: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
All the Lesbian Mothers are Coupled, all the Single Mothers are Straight, and all of us are Tired
Amidst increasing numbers of gays and lesbians having children, political opposition to gay marriage, and government efforts to discourage female-headed households by funding marriage initiatives, the author reflects on her life as a single lesbian mom. Following in the feminist tradition of using personal experiences as a starting point, the article looks at the social space between single heterosexual moms and lesbian mother couples
The Impact of Comparable Worth on Earnings Inequality
To investigate the relationship between earnings inequality and the gender-based wage differential, we estimated the correlation between wages and the percentage of women in three-digit occupations and eliminated this negative effect under a proposed comparable worth scenario. The effect of comparable worth on earnings inequality was assessed by calculating the coefficient of variation, variance of the natural log of earnings, the Gini coefficien…
A gender analysis of U.S. labor market policies for the working poor
Current anti-poverty policy proposals focus on welfare reform to the exclusion of reforming the low-wage labor market. In contrast, we compare two policy proposals aimed at low-wage labor markets: a national comparable worth policy and an increase in the minimum wage. With both policies we pay specific attention to their impact by gender. Our findings suggest that while both would reduce poverty among working women, the impact of a comparable wor…
Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism
A gender analysis of U.S. labor market policies for the working poor
Current anti-poverty policy proposals focus on welfare reform to the exclusion of reforming the low-wage labor market. In contrast, we compare two policy proposals aimed at low-wage labor markets: a national comparable worth policy and an increase in the minimum wage. With both policies we pay specific attention to their impact by gender. Our findings suggest that while both would reduce poverty among working women, the impact of a comparable wor…
Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism
The Impact of Comparable Worth on Earnings Inequality
To investigate the relationship between earnings inequality and the gender-based wage differential, we estimated the correlation between wages and the percentage of women in three-digit occupations and eliminated this negative effect under a proposed comparable worth scenario. The effect of comparable worth on earnings inequality was assessed by calculating the coefficient of variation, variance of the natural log of earnings, the Gini coefficien…
Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism
A gender analysis of U.S. labor market policies for the working poor
Current anti-poverty policy proposals focus on welfare reform to the exclusion of reforming the low-wage labor market. In contrast, we compare two policy proposals aimed at low-wage labor markets: a national comparable worth policy and an increase in the minimum wage. With both policies we pay specific attention to their impact by gender. Our findings suggest that while both would reduce poverty among working women, the impact of a comparable wor…
The Impact of Comparable Worth on Earnings Inequality
To investigate the relationship between earnings inequality and the gender-based wage differential, we estimated the correlation between wages and the percentage of women in three-digit occupations and eliminated this negative effect under a proposed comparable worth scenario. The effect of comparable worth on earnings inequality was assessed by calculating the coefficient of variation, variance of the natural log of earnings, the Gini coefficien…
All the Lesbian Mothers are Coupled, all the Single Mothers are Straight, and all of us are Tired
Amidst increasing numbers of gays and lesbians having children, political opposition to gay marriage, and government efforts to discourage female-headed households by funding marriage initiatives, the author reflects on her life as a single lesbian mom. Following in the feminist tradition of using personal experiences as a starting point, the article looks at the social space between single heterosexual moms and lesbian mother couples
Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Wage (2 works) · Welfare (2 works) · Developmental psychology (1 work)