Women's Figures

by Furchtgott-Roth, Diana; Stolba, Christine; American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

• ISBN13: 9780844741130
• ISBN10: 0844741132
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Aei Pr

Author Biography

Diana Furchtgott-Roth is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a member of the National Advisory Board of the Independent Women's Forum. Christine Stolba is an instructor of history at Emory University and a historian in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Summary and Highlights	p. xvii
Wage Gap	p. xvii
Glass Ceiling	p. xviii
Pink Ghetto	p. xix
Female Entrepreneurs	p. xx
Introduction	p. 3
Women Are Closing the Gap	p. 11
Wages	p. 11
The Wage Gap	p. 12
The Existence of the "Glass Ceiling"	p. 18
Educational Attainment and Educational Choices	p. 22
Labor Force Participation	p. 27
Occupational Choice and the Pink Ghetto	p. 33
Women in Business	p. 37
Elected Officials	p. 39
Voting Patterns	p. 43
Women, Poverty, and the Government	p. 51
Measures of Poverty	p. 51
Women and Welfare Reform	p. 59
African American Women	p. 65
A Continuing Success Story	p. 65
Evaluating Claims of Discrimination	p. 73
Standards of Evidence	p. 74
Conclusion	p. 79
Appendix: Statistical Tables	p. 83
Bibliography	p. 107
Index	p. 119
About the Authors	p. 123
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