At work, women and people of color still have not broken the glass ceiling
Did you notice the race of your barista this morning? What about the sex of your mechanic?
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2019
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News tagged with labor force
Our misplaced fear of job-stealing robots
Some good news: The robots aren't coming for your job. Experts say fears that rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation will leave all of us unemployed are vastly overstated.
Economics & Business
Mar 11, 2019
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Less-educated men face declining labor prospects
When it comes to finding their place in the labor market, men without a college education in the United States face a complex array of forces including declining wages and fewer stable jobs.
Economics & Business
Mar 06, 2019
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Women most likely to leave labor force after first child, not later births
While conventional wisdom suggests women reach a "tipping point" and are more likely to leave the workforce after having a second child, new findings by a Princeton University researcher show that, in fact, they are more ...
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2018
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Overfishing and modern-day slavery
You're about to make a sandwich with canned albacore tuna today, and thinking that it's all a good thing—nutritionists talk about the health benefits of eating more seafood, after all. One thing you probably didn't think ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2018
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Despite social development, gender attitudes chart different course globally
In the half century since the birth of the women's movement in the West in the 1960s, support for gender equality has spread around the globe—but in uneven ways. A multinational study by University of California, Davis, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2018
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Gender equality stalls in the U.S., report finds
For many measures of gender inequality, women rapidly made up ground in the latter half of the 20th century, but progress has since slowed or stalled entirely, according to a report released March 16 by the Stanford Center ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2018
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The right women for the job
Work in America has changed dramatically in the last century from Henry Ford's moving assembly line to automation today, but arguably the largest change is women. Women's participation in the labor force has nearly doubled ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2017
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Aug 2017 Jobs Report: Labor Day job numbers remain upbeat for Americans with disabilities
As we celebrate Labor Day, the job news remains upbeat for Americans with disabilities, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment - Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University ...
Economics & Business
Sep 01, 2017
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Job gains for Americans with disabilities add to strength of labor market
Sustained job growth for Americans with disabilities contributed to the upward trend in the labor market, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment - Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation ...
Economics & Business
Aug 04, 2017
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