Constrained Choices and Persistent Gender Inequity

The Economic Status of Working Women in a High-Income, Low-Poverty State With Lessons for Others

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ID3758536
AuthorsRoss Gittell (University of New Hampshire, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume53
Issue2
Pages170-192
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764209346697
OpenAlexW2058192304
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

This paper reports on exploratory research in New Hampshire, a state which has socio-economic characteristics-including strong long-term economic performance, high levels of educational achievement among women and low poverty-that would seem to foster gender earnings equity. Yet, New Hampshire has the fourth lowest gender earnings equity in the nation. The detailed exploration of this state's experience highlights that to reach a higher plateau of gender earnings equity will require significant changes in gender relations in marriages and families, the enhancement of support systems for women and their families, and changes in industry and occupational practices in the United States. The focused inquiry highlights how difficult it will be to improve gender earnings equity in the nation. The paper was written as part of a special issue for the American Behavioral Scientist on the economic status of women in the United States and is intended to inform both future inquiry and policy discussions

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law) · Gender equity · Political science · Poverty · State (computer science) · Accounting · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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